Twitter filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk on Tuesday, after he backed out of a $44 billion deal to purchase the social media company.
Musk said in April that he would buy Twitter, but last week announced he was walking away from the deal, claiming the company would not provide him with accurate information on how many spam accounts are on the platform. Twitter is suing Musk in Chancery Court in Delaware, and said in its filing that "Musk refuses to honor his obligations to Twitter and its stockholders because the deal he signed no longer serves his personal interests. Musk apparently believes that he — unlike every other party subject to Delaware contract law — is free to change his mind, trash the company, disrupt its operations, destroy stockholder value, and walk away."
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