Elon Musk has notified Twitter that he’s terminating his settlement to shop for the social media crew for $44bn, announcing it failed to supply enough data at the selection of unsolicited mail and faux accounts.

The billionaire Tesla leader govt stated in a submitting Friday that Twitter used to be “in subject matter breach of a couple of provisions” of the sale settlement, and “seem[ed] to have made false and deceptive representations”.

The selection of unsolicited mail and faux accounts used to be “wildly upper” than the 5 according to cent disclosed via Twitter, consistent with initial research via Musk’s advisers, the submitting claimed.

Musk has many times indicated he used to be taking into account strolling clear of the deal to shop for the social media platform, which he agreed in April. As a part of the settlement he’s required to pay a $1bn break-up loose.