Twitter lawyer tells court Musk has not backed up claims of fake accounts


FILE PHOTO Twitter logo and stock graph are seen through a magnifier displayed in this illustration taken September 4 2022. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustrationFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Twitter logo and stock graph are seen through a magnifier displayed in this illustration taken September 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -Elon Musk's review of Twitter Inc accounts by his advisers did not back up the billionaire's allegation that the number of fake users was "wildly higher" than 5% as he claimed when he said he was ending the Twitter takeover deal in July, a Twitter lawyer told a judge on Tuesday.

Documents obtained from two data scientists employed by Musk showed they estimated in early July that the number of fake accounts on the platform at 5.3% and 11%, the Twitter lawyer told a Delaware judge.

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