Zatko also complained to the Securities and Exchange Commission that the company was “lying about bots to Elon Musk.”
On Wednesday, Musk’s attorney Alex Spiro argued in Delaware Chancery Court in a discovery hearing on the case.
“The way Mr. Zatko puts it, management had no appetite to accurately measure spam accounts. They have economic incentives to mislead,” Spiro claimed.
Attorneys seek info on Twitter bots
Musk’s legal team has requested Judge Kathaleen McCormick require Twitter to turn over a large amount of data. They are asking for users’ IP addresses, phone numbers, and geolocation data.
Twitter attorney Bradley Wilson told the judge that giving data to Musk creates privacy concerns. And claims that “There’s also the practical reality that if all this data was turned over, Twitter would lose control out of it… private messages could be exposed.”
“Privacy concerns don’t trump the rights of the buyer,” Spiro said.
The lawyer also accused the platform of creating “boogeymen” to avoid turning over data about Twitter bots.
