Elon Musk said Twitter would take legal action against an employee who he said was the source of a Platformer report that said Musk's tweets had been artificially boosted.
Platformer reported Wednesday, citing engineers, that Musk asked 80 Twitter engineers to find ways to promote his tweets after President Joe Biden's tweet about the Super Bowl received more engagement than his own.
A Twitter user asked Musk on Friday whether the Platformer report was false.
Musk replied: "The 'source' of the bogus Platformer article is a disgruntled employee who had been on paid time off for months, had already accepted a job at Google and felt the need to poison the well on the way out. Twitter will be taking legal action against him."
He did not name the employee against whom he said Twitter was taking legal action.
Casey Newton, a journalist at Platformer, told Insider: "Elon's tweet is completely false. We stand by our reporting."
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