Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Sue 'Disgruntled Employee' Who Claims His Tweets Were Boosted

Elon Musk announced that Twitter will be filing a lawsuit against an employee of the social media company who allegedly has leaked false information.

The Twitter CEO said the employee was the source of a report which claimed that Musk's tweets were boosted, according to Business Insider. The claims were first reported by Platformer, which cited Twitter engineers.

The report also said Musk asked 80 Twitter engineers to find ways to promote his tweets after President Joe Biden's tweet about the Super Bowl received more traction.

A Twitter user asked the Twitter CEO whether the report was false, to which Musk replied that the "source of the bogus Platformer article" was a "disgruntled employee" and had been on paid time off for months.

Musk added that the employee had already accepted a job at Google and "felt the need to poison the well on the way out." Musk, also the founder of Tesla, went on to say that Twitter will be filing a lawsuit against him.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk's Boosted Tweets

Elon Musk called for an emergency effort after a tweet he sent during Sunday's Super Bowl failed to achieve the aspired engagement compared to Joe Biden's tweet, according to an interview and internal documents obtained by Platformer.

The tweet of the president, who has 37 million followers, garnered almost 29 million impressions, while a similar tweet from the Twitter CEO, who has 128 million followers, generated some 9.1 million impressions.

The Guardian reported a Twitter employee and cousin of Musk, James Musk, posted in the company Slack at 2:30 a.m., asking all employees who can code to be involved. James went on to say that the matter is of "high urgency."

Engineers then tweaked Twitter's algorithm that inflated Musk's tweets by a factor of 1,000, which ensured that more than 90% of his followers saw them.

Some of those who do not follow Musk complained of seeing his tweets through the "For You" tab of Twitter's home page. Musk seemed to acknowledge the move, telling his followers to "stay tuned" while Twitter makes changes to the algorithm.

Elon Musk Twitter Deal

Elon Musk closed out the $44 billion Twitter deal to buy the social media company in October. He immediately started removing at least four top Twitter executives, which include the chief executive and chief financial officer.

A law professor at the University of California, Irvine, David Kaye, previously said that there could be real-world consequences to Musk's leadership.

Musk has also implemented several changes in the social media platform, including the curation of the feed. iPhone users will see two columns at the top, "for you" and "following," while using the platform. Android users will have to press a star icon on the top right-hand side of the screen.

Musk also reinstated some of the controversial accounts that Twitter banned from its platform, such as former President Donald Trump and Kanye West, who was banned again days after his account's reinstatement.

Musk also launched Twitter's subscription service, Twitter Blue, which allowed subscribed users to edit tweets, boost visibility, and have fewer ads.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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