When Pieter "Mudge" Zatko decided to file a whistleblower complaint on Twitter's operations, it wasn't just the SEC, FTC, and DOJ who were listening. Now, Elon Musk has attempted to use that complaint as another line of attack to exit his proposed $44B deal for the company.
Will he succeed?
It may be that Elon just has to play out the clock...in Virtual Legality.
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CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 1:42 Twitter and Material Adverse Effects 5:18 Enter the Whistleblower 15:20 Musk Makes His Move 25:01 Waiting Out the Clock? 30:53 Conclusion
Discussed in this episode:
YOUTUBE VIDEOS/PLAYLIST https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy_O52bErVCYZfVYMgVgu3nX
ARTICLES https://web.archive.org/web/20220823100344/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2022/twitter-whistleblower-sec-spam/ https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-purchase-whistleblower-85634c5906d489d34143a6d83b4f4038
TWEETS https://twitter.com/donie/status/1562069281545900033 https://twitter.com/HoegLaw/status/1562210129445113856
WHISTLEBLOWER LETTERS (MUSK AND TWITTER) https://sec.report/Document/0001104659-22-095765/ https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001418091/3fe413e6-d931-4a33-98e9-2937a13b9f29.pdf
MERGER AGREEMENT https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001418091/67572c16-711a-43fd-9488-b75e3f6bc469.pdf
TWITTER SUIT/ANSWERS https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A0ef7d871-947c-3ed5-8b88-b3b582ee8d08 https://s22.q4cdn.com/826641620/files/doc_news/2022/08/Twitters-Reply-to-Verified-Counterclaims.pdf
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