Twitter Attorney Tells Judge Bot Data ‘Explicitly an Estimate’

Twitter Inc. provided data for spam and robot accounts that was “explicitly an estimate” to billionaire Elon Musk, who hasn’t shown any reason why that information is relevant to his plan to ditch a $44 billion buyout of the social-media platform, the company’s lawyer told a Delaware judge.

Musk, who claims the bot accounts inflated Twitter’s usage figures, is demanding the data because he wants a “do-over” so his experts can “analyze the number and see if they can come up with a different number,” Twitter lawyer Bradley Wilson said Wednesday during a court hearing.

The request by Musk ...