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　　Tesla CEO Elon Musk's own data scientists don't believe the number of fake accounts on the platform is high, Twitter said this week, according to reports. As Musk said, it was "a lot higher" than the company's estimates. Currently, both parties are preparing for the upcoming court hearing in October.

　　Musk is trying to pull out of a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter. Musk has previously said that this is because the true number of fake and spam accounts on the Twitter platform is far more than the 5% that the company has said over the years, thereby misleading regulators and investors.

　　During a three-hour Delaware court hearing on Tuesday, Twitter's lawyers said documents they received during the evidence-gathering process showed that two consultants hired by Musk, Cyabra and CounterAction, estimated that The number of spam accounts on the Twitter platform is 11% and 5% respectively, which is basically consistent with the estimated data published by Twitter.

　　Lawyers for Twitter said the reports were filed a day before Musk announced plans to end the merger. Furthermore, despite the conclusions drawn in favor of Twitter, Twitter criticized the research methods of both data sets.

　　Twitter has urged the court to compel Musk to share more information, namely research by multiple of his own data science advisers into the situation of fake accounts on the Twitter platform. Twitter's lawyers said Musk had been taking a "delayed and obstructed attitude" over the past two months, even as he shared some details of the consultant's research. Musk's lawyers have denied the allegations.

　　In addition, Twitter accused Musk's team of failing to submit chat logs via the encrypted messaging app Signal and denying Musk's use of the chat app. Twitter's lawyers mentioned that Musk communicated with prominent investor Marc Andreessen via Signal in April, when the messages were automatically deleted after a period of time.

　　Anderson emailed others a screenshot of the chat before it became known to the outside world.

　　Twitter also said that Musk's team failed to file a dispute between Musk and Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman and Oracle founder Larry Ellison ahead of the trial. SMS exchanges.

　　Musk's lawyers have denied knowingly withholding the content of the communications, saying it was a "little mistake that can occur in the expedited litigation process."

　　Twitter asked the court to impose penalties on Musk, citing his misconduct in the release of information. It also includes so-called "adverse inferences," whereby a court could assume Musk withheld factual details against him.

　　Delaware Chancery Judge Kathaleen McCormick did not immediately rule, saying she would consider it further after consulting with advisers. The five-day trial will begin on October 17.