Twitter Ordered to Hand Over ‘Some Additional Data’ Requested by Musk
2022.08.25 23:49
Twitter (TWTR) Ordered to Hand Over ‘Some Additional Data’ Requested by Musk
By Sam Boughedda
A Delaware judge has ordered Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) to turn over some of the data sought by Elon Musk, it was revealed late in the day Thursday.
The ruling is part of the legal battle between Musk and Twitter regarding his potential takeover of the social media giant. Musk attempted to pull out of a deal, stating Twitter refused to disclose the bot and spam account information on its site.
The judge said Twitter has agreed to produce a “tremendous amount of information,” and it is sufficiently broad to satisfy the obligations.
Describing the data requests from Musk as “absurdly broad,” the judge stated it would “require the plaintiff to produce trillions upon trillions of data points.”
However, they add that “some additional data” seems warranted, and they have ordered Twitter to produce a subset of what Musk has requested, which includes “the 9,000 accounts reviewed in connection with the Plaintiff’s Q4 2021 audit,” also referred to as a historical snapshot.
The judge said that while producing the historical snapshot is “no small feat,” it was demonstrated that they could produce the documents within two weeks and have been given a two-week timeline.
In addition, Twitter must produce documents showing how the 9,000 accounts were selected for review and a small additional set of data from its review database.
