SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. File photo WASHINGTON, Aug 22 American businessman and billionaire Elon Musk asked the court to dismiss the claim of the social network Twitter against him, citing the lack of evidence of the damage suffered by the company, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing Musk's lawyers. According to the position of the billionaire's defenders, cited by the publication, the accusation of the social network is based on the «complete lack of evidence» of the losses that Twitter allegedly suffered due to the refusal of Musk's controlling company to buy the company. influence, which hardly indicates control over the management of Twitter,» lawyers said in an appeal to Delaware Judge Kathleen McCormick. In April, Musk wanted to acquire Twitter and offered $ 44 billion for it, but then demanded to check the company's data that the number of fake accounts used, among other things, for sending spam, does not exceed 5%. Musk later notified the company that he was refusing to buy the social network, explaining this by exercising his right to terminate the agreement. According to Musk, the social network underestimated the number of false and spam accounts, and also did not provide the necessary information. In July, Twitter sued Musk to get him to acquire the social network. On September 13, a vote will be held on the sale of Musk in accordance with the agreement reached in April. The American company Twitter Inc. was founded in 2006. The main product of the company is a social network for exchanging short messages. The headquarters is located in San Francisco, California.
