The purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk is an issue that went to the judicial field. The board of directors of the social network of the little bird executed a lawsuit in which, if successful, it would force the South African tycoon to complete the acquisition of the company.
And in this complex legal process, private messages from Elon Musk with part of Twitter’s executive staff have been leaked, including its current CEO and founder, Jack Dorsey.
The social network company wants to force Elon Musk to complete the purchase of Twitter for 44 billion dollars. To achieve this, a judge is reviewing every aspect of the process that went through between the parties, until the unsuccessful moment that ended with the decline of the owner of Tesla Motors.
According to the portal Gizmodothe messages were published as exclusive to New York Times journalist Kate Conger, who had access to the document.
This shows exchanges of messages between Elon Musk and podcaster Joe Rogan, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorseytech investor Jason Calacanis, and Oracle founder Larry Ellison, among others.
Messages from Elon Musk and those involved in the Twitter issue
The basis for publishing these messages is that, in some cases, Elon Musk was already making decisions regarding Twitter policies. So, that would mean that the South African tycoon has already been involved with the company and a judge could use that to force him to complete the purchase.
In addition to having met with Twitter employees in an “I’m the new boss” plan, Elon had talks with Jack Dorsey about the changes that were going to begin to be implemented. Let’s look at some of the messages that are part of that court document.
March 26, 2022: Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk
-Dorsey:
Yes, a new platform is required. It can’t be a company. This is the reason I left.
Elon Musk:
okay
How should it be?
Jack Dorsey:
I think it must be an open source protocol, funded by some kind of foundation that doesn’t own the protocol, it just promotes it. A bit like what Signal has done. You cannot have an advertising model. Otherwise, you will have a surface area that governments and advertisers will try to influence and control. If you have a centralized entity behind you, you will be attacked. It’s not a complicated job, it just has to be done right to be resilient to what has happened to Twitter.
Elon Musk:
very interesting idea
Jack Dorsey:
I’m out of the Twitter board in mid-May and then completely out of the company. I intend to make this work and correct our mistakes. Twitter started as a protocol. It should never have been a company. That was the original sin.
Elon Musk:
i would like to help if i can
Jack Dorsey:
I wanted to talk to you about it when I got the hang of it, because you care so much, you understand its importance, and you could definitely help in immeasurable ways. Before, when we had the activist come, I tried my best to get you on our board, and our board said no. That was the moment I decided that I needed to do to leave, despite how hard it was for me.
Elon Musk liked that message and said:
Do you have a moment to talk?
Jack Dorsey:
About to go out to dinner but I can for a minute
[aproximadamente 13 minutos después]
Jack Dorsey:
I think the main reason is that the board is very risk averse and saw more risk in adding you, which I thought was completely stupid and backwards, but I only had one vote, and 3% of the company, and I didn’t have dual class shares. Difficult setup. We can discuss more.
Elon Musk:
Let’s definitely talk more
I think it’s worth trying to move Twitter in a better direction and do something new that is decentralized.
Jack Dorsey:
It is probably the best option. I just have doubts, but I’m open
Elon Musk:
Liked “Probably the best option. I just have doubts, but I’m open.”
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Court document made public the messages between Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey about the purchase of Twitter