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After 'going offline' for four days, Elon Musk returns to Twitter

Last week, Musk revealed that he is 'going offline' from Twitter.

By ET Online and Agencies | Updated:
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In October, Court documents surfaced claiming that Elon Musk's advisers urged him to quit Twitter for a while after his "paedo" attack against British caver Vernon Unsworth.
Four days after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, a multi-billionaire tech mogul, declared than he is 'Going offline' from Twitter, the top boss made a come-back on Monday. The 48-year-old came back online by retweeting a SpaceX video showcasing a successful Crew Dragon parachute test.

"To be clear, we've only done 1 multi-parachute test of Mk3 design, so 9 more left to reach 10 successful tests in a row," Musk tweeted.




On Friday, Musk revealed that he is 'Going offline' from Twitter. He also mentioned that "Reddit still seems good".



Earlier in October, court documents surfaced claiming that Musk's advisers urged him to quit Twitter for a while after his "paedo" attack against British caver Vernon Unsworth went viral last year
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The billionaire will go to trial for calling the Brit hero 'paedo guy' when he saved a Thai boys football team and their coach after 18 days.

Musk has been sued for 57,000 pound. Unsworth, who helped the perilous underwater rescue, had annoyed the Tesla CEO after he mocked his suggestion to use a mini-sub in the rescue op.

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In October 2016, a lawsuit was filed in the San Jose District Court by a former employee of Yahoo alleging that CEO Marissa Mayer led a secret campaign to purge the company of male employees.

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