Twitter Is Refusing to Pay Its Google Cloud Bills: Report

Twitter has refused to pay its Google Cloud payments as its contract comes up for renewal this month, which might consequence within the social media firm’s belief and security groups being crippled, Platformer reported on Saturday.

Earlier than Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media platform final 12 months, Twitter signed a multi-year contract with Google associated to preventing spam and defending accounts, amongst different issues, the report stated.

The Platformer report didn’t give particulars on how the battle between the businesses might hinder Twitter’s belief and security groups. The Info stated Twitter has been making an attempt to renegotiate its contract with Google since a minimum of March.

Twitter hosts some companies on its server and homes others on the cloud platforms of Amazon and Google, Platformer stated.

In March, Amazon warned Twitter that it could withhold promoting funds due to the corporate’s excellent payments to Amazon Web Services for cloud computing companies, in keeping with the Info.

Since Musk’s acquisition, Twitter has reduce prices dramatically and laid off hundreds of staff. Musk ordered the corporate to chop infrastructure prices, reminiscent of spending on cloud companies, by $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,243 crore), a supply had informed Reuters in November.

Twitter didn’t instantly reply to an electronic mail inquiry whereas Google didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Earlier this month, Twitter’s head of belief and security, Ella Irwin, told Reuters that she has resigned from the social media firm, which has confronted criticism for lax protections towards dangerous content material since Musk acquired it in October.

Irwin, who joined Twitter in June 2022, took over as head of the belief and security workforce in November when earlier head Yoel Roth resigned. She oversaw content material moderation.

A day later, Twitter’s head of name security and advert high quality, AJ Brown, additionally decided to depart the corporate.

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