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US jury finds Elon Musk misled investors during Twitter purchase

Jury finds that two tweets posted in May 2022 by Musk contained false statements. Grouped from 7 articles across 7 sources.

7 reports7 sourcesMar 21, 2026, 11:18 AM
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Al JazeeraMar 21, 2026, 11:18 AM

US jury finds Elon Musk misled investors during Twitter purchase

Jury finds that two tweets posted in May 2022 by Musk contained false statements.

BBC NewsMar 20, 2026, 11:44 PM

Elon Musk misled Twitter investors, jury finds

A San Francisco jury concludes Musk’s claims in 2022 were damaging to a group of Twitter investors.

The Straits TimesMar 21, 2026, 1:15 AM

US jury finds Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholders

Two tweets posted by him in May 2022 were deemed responsible for a plunge in Twitter’s share price.

DWMar 21, 2026, 12:53 AM

Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholders, US jury finds

The closely watched civil trial focused on billionaire Elon Musk’s claims about the number of bots on Twitter.

CNBCMar 21, 2026, 1:00 AM

Elon Musk misled Twitter investors ahead of $44 billion acquisition, jury says

Elon Musk was sued in late 2022 after completing his acquisition of Twitter, which he later renamed X.

Financial TimesMar 20, 2026, 11:16 PM

Musk defrauded Twitter investors during buyout, jury finds

Panel members conclude the billionaire misled shareholders in tweets posted during the $44bn takeover

The GuardianMar 21, 2026, 12:54 AM

Musk responsible for Twitter investors’ stock dropping when he bought company, jury rules

California jurors hand win to investors who sued billionaire saying he publicly disparaged social media platform in 2022 A California jury has ruled that Elon Musk is responsible for Twitter investors’ stock plummeting when he sought to buy the social media platform for $44bn in 2022. Jurors handed the win to a group of investors who sued the billionaire saying he publicly disparaged the company with the aim of bringing down Twitter’s stock price to get a better bargain. The trial, which began earlier this month in federal court in San Francisco, focused on whether Musk intended to move the market with his comments. During a six-month period in 2022, after his offer to buy Twitter, he posted constantly to his millions of followers that the social network was rife with bots that produced spam and created fake accounts. Continue reading...

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