Jury Finds Elon Musk Liable for Misleading Twitter Bot Claims

A federal jury in San Francisco found Elon Musk liable for making misleading statements about Twitter's spam and bot account numbers. The ruling stems from disputes that followed his April 2022 agreement to buy Twitter for $44 billion. Jurors concluded his public claims about the platform's bot counts were false and materially misleading. The verdict exposes Musk to civil damages and heightens legal and reputational risk for his business dealings.