Re:Elon Musk asserts his “right to terminate” Twitter deal
by jonny_eh on Monday June 06, 2022 @02:01PM
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There's no evidence they lied. Why should we assume it, because Musk wants to back-out on his offer?
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Re:Elon Musk asserts his “right to terminate” Twitter deal
by kcplate on Monday June 06, 2022 @11:39PM
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What is known—as an organization Twitter hasn’t always been forthright with the public regarding their practices (shadow banning, uneven application of rules regarding account suspensions). In some cases these may have been bad actors within the organization acting outside of the management’s knowledge, or even tuned algorithms towards certain topic preferences that have a more aggressive effect—but when discovered, the company does tends to deny and then quietly work to rectify the problem internally.
So did they lie about the bots? Who knows? Do they always tell the truth? Well, I think you could reasonably argue not quite.
Re:Elon Musk asserts his “right to terminate” Twitter deal
by eric_cc on Monday June 06, 2022 @02:23PM
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> There's no evidence they lied. Why should we assume it, because Musk wants to back-out on his offer?
Why should we trust that they are being honest?
Re:Elon Musk asserts his “right to terminate” Twitter deal
by TheCoelacanth on Monday June 06, 2022 @05:25PM
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Because if you want to back out of a contract on the basis that someone lied, you need actual evidence that they lied, not just a lack of evidence that they were honest.
Re:Elon Musk asserts his “right to terminate” Twitter deal
by ForHackernews on Monday June 06, 2022 @02:36PM
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> SEC filings and they are a publicly traded company. If there is a cause of action, it already exists