WASHINGTON: Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who was locked in a court battle with Twitter for a failure of the failed acquisition that is now intended to be forced by Twitter, said that social media giants endangered the third largest market by failing to express the “risk” litigation of the Indian government.
In the Countersuit in the Delaware Court which was proposed under the seal last Friday and was published Thursday, Musk also claimed that he was “cheated” to sign an agreement to buy a social media company based in San Francisco.
Musk said that Twitter must follow the local law in India, according to court documents. Snapshots from court documents were seen circulating on Twitter posted by New York Times Times Technology Reporter Kate Conger.
In 2021, the Indian Ministry of Information Technology imposed certain rules that allow the government to investigate social media posts, demand information identifying, and demanding companies that refuse to obey it. While Musk is a supporter of freedom of speech, he believes that moderation on Twitter Must “animal close to the state laws where Twitter operates” Read a portion of the law submission on Twitter vs Musk, as posted by New York Times Kate C (
For the average Elon Musk in submitting a court, Twitter answered that “with respectfully referred a court for their complete and accurate content. Twitter does not have enough knowledge or information to form beliefs about the truth of the accusation,” and say it “therefore denies deny their things on that basis. “
Referring to the petition submitted at the Karnataka High Court in July, Musk also objected to Twitter’s failure to reveal litigation to the Indian government.
“Twitter refuses that they have challenged certain blocking orders issued by the Indian government based on section 69A of the information technology law, directing Twitter to delete certain content from its platforms, including content from politicians, activists, and journalists, and Twitter law,” the company said in his response.
Twitter, through lawyers at the Karnataka High Court, said that their Indian business would be closed if they comply with the Indian government’s orders to block content considered by competent authorities. The High Court has issued a notification to the center and postponed the trial for August 25.
The microblogging website and the richest person in the world are now heading to court on October 17 after Musk is trying to leave his agreement to get Twitter for what he said was the wrong presentation of a fake account on the site.
Twitter tried to force Musk to follow up on the agreement while accusing him sabotaged for no longer serving his interests.
Previously in April, Musk reached an acquisition agreement with Twitter at USD 54.20 per share in a transaction worth around USD 44 billion.
In May, Musk postponed an agreement to allow his team to review the truth of Twitter claims that less than 5 percent of accounts on the platform were bot or spam.