Twitter: Musk’s Poop Emoji Tweet Violated Our Deal

The Insider reports:

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Twitter cited posts made by billionaire Elon Musk — including one of a single poop emoji — as evidence he had disparaged the company in violation of contracts he was beholden to when he agreed to buy it for $44 billion.

When Musk sent the poop emoji on May 16, the single-character post made waves on social media and made international headlines as the tweet was widely seen as condemnation of CEO Parag Agrawal’s statements about addressing spam accounts on the platform.

“Since signing the merger agreement, Musk has repeatedly disparaged Twitter and the deal, creating business risk for Twitter and downward pressure on its share price,” the complaint read.

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Sh*t hits the fan. The Twitter vs Elon Musk lawsuit is underway, and Twitter is using Musk’s own tweets against him, including Musk’s use of the poop emoji. This tweet has been submitted by Twitter as evidence of disparaging behavior by Musk. pic.twitter.com/OnRfadX0U3

— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) July 14, 2022