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Twitter lodged a lawsuit against Elon Musk that seeks to force him to complete his takeover of the company for $44bn. Mr Musk has broken off the deal, accusing Twitter of breaching their agreement by not disclosing the number of fake and spam accounts on its platform, which he insists is much higher than the company’s estimate of 5%. In its suit Twitter described Mr Musk’s complaints as “imaginary conditions”, called his actions a mark of “disdain” and said that his “exit strategy is a model of hypocrisy”. It has asked a court in Delaware to hold a hearing in September.