Twitter Faces Lawsuit Over Unpaid Bills In Four Countries

Elon Musk's Twitter is facing another lawsuit after the company was unable to pay for services for offices in London, Dublin, Sydney and Singapore, according to a Guardian report.

The Australian firm's lawsuit is the latest alleging non-payment of bills and rent against Twitter. Facilitate said from 2022 through early 2023, it installed sensors in Twitter's offices in London and Dublin, completed an office fit-out in Singapore, and cleared an office in Sydney, Reuters reported.

Facilitate is seeking a collective payment of over A$1m ($666,000) across the three businesses.

The company has now decommissioned Twitter's Sydney office and temporarily stored its contents, according to case documents obtained by the Guardian.

The company claims Twitter owed about 203,000 pounds, S$546,600 and A$61,300, respectively.

The case is filed in the US district court of Northern California at the end of June.

Facilitate said it was seeking compensatory damages in an amount to be determined at trial, legal costs and interest at the maximum legal rate.

However, Twitter has not yet filed a defence.

In the court filings, the company said that it is not the sole company suing Twitter since Musk took over. The firm said that Musk's moderation decisions and the unbanning of far-right and neo-Nazi accounts had alienated advertisers and caused a financial crisis for the company.

"Twitter responded with a campaign of extreme belt-tightening that amounted to requiring nearly everyone to whom it owes money to sue," the firm said.

"Twitter stopped paying rent on some of its offices and stopped paying several vendors whose services it was still using. Twitter also cancelled many contracts and stopped paying people to whom it owes money."

In May, a former public relations firm filed a suit in a New York court saying Twitter had not paid its bills, while early this year U.S.-based advisory firm Innisfree M&A Inc sued it, seeking about $1.9 million for what it said were unpaid bills after it advised Twitter on its acquisition by Musk.

Britain's Crown Estate, an independent commercial business that manages the property portfolio belonging to the monarchy, in January, began court proceedings over alleged unpaid rent on Twitter's London headquarters.
 

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Donations To French Cop Top Aid Received By Family Of Teen He Shot Dead

A collection for a French policeman who sparked nationwide riots last week by shooting a teenager dead reached more than 986,000 euros ($1.07 million) on Monday, dwarfing donations to the victim's family.

More than 40,000 people have pledged money to the online fund for the officer, set up on the website Gofundme.com by a far-right media commentator.

The collection easily outstripped the 189,000 euros gathered for the family of the dead 17-year-old, Nahel, who is of north African origin and lived with his mother on a housing estate in a west Paris suburb.

Nahel's grandmother said she was "heartbroken" by the support shown for the policeman.

"He took the life of my grandson. This man must pay, the same as everyone," she told the BFM channel on Sunday.

"I have confidence in the justice system. I believe in justice."

The shooting, during a traffic stop, has exposed deep political divisions in France.

Many right-wing figures are seeking to defend the security forces, while those on the left see the death as a consequence of systemic racism in the police.

'Doing his work'

Widespread rioting and looting since Tuesday appear to have deepened the polarisation.

Politicians from the centrist ruling party and on the left have condemned the collection for the policeman, which was launched by far-right commentator Jean Messiha -- himself close to anti-Islam politician Eric Zemmour.

"Jean Messiha is playing with fire," ruling party MP Eric Bothorel wrote on Twitter, calling it "indecent and scandalous".

The head of the Socialist party, Olivier Faure, addressed a message to Gofundme, saying they were facilitating a "shameful" collection.

Senior hard-left MP Mathilde Panot highlighted how a collection for a former boxer who had punched several police officers during "Yellow Vest" anti-government demonstrations in 2019 had been quickly closed by authorities.

"Killing a young North African, in France in 2023, can earn you a lot of money," she wrote.

Jean Messiha, a commentator on the right-wing CNews channel and former advisor to far-right leader Marine Le Pen, celebrated on Twitter when his fund overtook the one for the family of Nahel at the weekend.

When launching the collection, he said it was for an officer who was "doing his work and is paying a heavy price".

'Not in line with rules'

The head of the right-wing Republicans party, Eric Ciotti, defended the initiative on Monday and said he might contribute.

The officer's family was "facing difficulties", he said.

The 38-year-old policeman, named in French media as Florian M., has been detained and charged with voluntary manslaughter.

In a video of the shooting, he can be seen with a colleague stopping a yellow Mercedes which Nahel was driving without a licence in the western Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesday morning.

The officer has his weapon drawn and shoots Nahel at point-blank range as the car drives off.

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said the operation was "was obviously not in line with the rules of engagement for police".

Florien M. also faces charges of making false statements, having initially claimed that he opened fire when Nahel drove towards him.

Another teenager in the car told media after the incident that the officers had hit Nahel with the butts of their guns before opening fire.

A voice can be heard on the video saying: "You are going to get a bullet in the head."

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Lt Governor Ends Services Of 400 Specialists Working With Delhi Government

Lt Governor V K Saxena terminated the services of around 400 'specialists' appointed by the AAP government in different departments, officials said on Monday, a decision that could trigger a fresh round of confrontation between the ruling party and the LG.

They were engaged in a "non-transparent manner" and without the mandatory approvals of the competent authority, the LG office said in a statement.

The appointments also did not follow the mandatory reservation policy for SC, ST and OBC candidates prescribed by the Department of Personnel and Training, it added. No immediate reaction was available from the Kejriwal government.

"Delhi LG, VK Saxena has agreed to the proposal of the Services department to immediately terminate the services of about 400 private persons engaged as Fellows/Associate Fellows/Advisors / Dy Advisors/Specialists/Senior Research Officers/Consultants, etc by Delhi government in its various departments and agencies," the LG office statement said.

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