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A San Francisco jury found Elon Musk defrauded Twitter investors during the $44 billion 2022 takeover, ruling that his May 13 and May 17 tweets about bot counts were false or misleading. The verdict did not find a broader fraud scheme, but damages per share and per stock option for the May 13–Oct 3, 2022 period could total over $2.6 billion, with Musk planning to appeal.
A class action lawsuit alleges Spotify has ignored widespread fraudulent streaming, particularly involving billions of fake streams of Drake's music, generated by bot accounts using VPNs and other methods, which harms legitimate artists and benefits Spotify's advertising revenue. The lawsuit focuses on irregular streaming patterns and geographic anomalies in Drake's streams, raising concerns about the integrity of streaming metrics and artist compensation.