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Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower as he battles to end takeover deal

Billionaire seeking documents on company’s spam, claiming it misled him about true number of bot accounts

Elon Musk has subpoenaed a former Twitter employee who has accused the social media company of poor spam policies and security vulnerabilities as the billionaire battles to get out of his $44bn agreement to buy Twitter.

Musk is seeking documents and communications from Twitter’s former security chief, Peiter Zatko, who last week filed an 84-page whistleblower complaint claiming the company is running dangerously outdated software and falling behind in its battle against spam accounts.

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Originally posted in the guardian.