In a court filing on Friday, attorneys for Tesla CEO Elon Musk raised concerns about Twitter’s handling of a whistleblower complaint that led to an internal investigation of the social media platform.
The filing, submitted to U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco, said Musk’s team was seeking information about Twitter’s internal practices and data in order to determine whether the platform had acted unlawfully in suspending Musk’s account.
Twitter declined to comment on the filing.
Musk’s attorneys said in the filing that they had sent Twitter a letter on April 5 requesting information about the company’s decision to suspend Musk’s account for 12 hours. The letter also asked Twitter to provide information about the platform’s policies and procedures for investigating complaints of abusive behavior.
Twitter suspended Musk’s account on April 3 after he posted a tweet that said, “Tesla stock price is too high imo.” The tweet violated Twitter’s rules against manipulation and fraud.
In the letter, Musk’s attorneys said Twitter had not responded to their request for information.
The attorneys said in the filing that they had also sent Twitter a subpoena on April 19, but the platform had not responded to that either.
The filing said Musk’s team was seeking information about Twitter’s internal investigation into the complaint that led to Musk’s suspension. The team is also seeking information about any other complaints that have been made against Musk, as well as information about Twitter’s policies and procedures for investigating such complaints.
The filing said Musk’s team was concerned that Twitter may have selectively enforced its rules against him.
The attorneys said in the filing that they had raised these concerns with Twitter in their April 5 letter, but the platform had not responded.
The filing said Musk’s team was seeking a court order that would require Twitter to provide the requested information.
The hearing is scheduled for May 21.
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