Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement
by zrobotics on Saturday July 09, 2022 @01:18AM
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I mean, I'm anti-musk, but I certainly would believe his claim they've been lying about the bit population. Both Twitter and Facebook have lied about this in the past, so the only part of musk's position I find believable is that Twitter underreported bot users. That being said, he waived his right to due-diligence, so lol. Truly a situation where both sides are dislikable.
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Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement
by hnaccount_rng on Saturday July 09, 2022 @02:07AM
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But there is lying as in “not telling the truth in a technically correct way”* and there is lying as in “committing a fraud”.
Musk would need to show the latter, not only the former. And that carries rather stiff penalties. As opposed to reading the rules very precisely and only effectively lying. Which is what lawyers are for
* always remember that Bull Clinton technically didn’t lie. He in fact asked his lawyers before that hearing and was told that “no getting a BJ, according to the law, does not constitute a sexual relationship”. In didn’t end up mattering because him staying president is a _political_ decision. Unfortunately for Musk, public opinion does not matter here