Elon Musk subpoenas former Twitter chief Jack Dorsey

Musk (left) has served Dorsey with a subpoena in a hunt for material to help him get out of buying the giant social media platform for US$44bil as agreed. — AFP

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk has served former Twitter boss Jack Dorsey with a subpoena in a hunt for material to help him get out of buying the giant social media platform for US$44bil (RM197.45bil) as agreed.

Records made public on Aug 23 show Dorsey was served with a legal order to give Musk any communications or documents related to the takeover deal inked in April, as well as information touching on false or spam accounts or how Twitter calculates the number of its active users.