How laughing Elon Musk got serious about ending Twitter deal
by Dan Milmo Global technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#619KK)
Billionaire finds platform he no longer wants to buy useful after termination of $44bn takeover
Elon Musk just couldn't help himself on Monday morning. Having announced the termination of his $44bn (37bn) takeover of Twitter, he took to the platform he no longer wants to buy and mocked its likely legal response.
Musk's tweet to his 100 million followers stated: They want to force me to buy Twitter in court." Twitter does indeed have grounds to seek an order requiring Musk to buy the business, despite him pulling out in a dispute over the number of spam or bot accounts on the platform.
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