Twitter has been trying to renegotiate its contract with Google since at least MarchIANS, San Francisco, Jun 11 2023, 14:46 istupdated: Jun 11 2023, 17:07 istElon Musk-run Twitter has reportedly refused to pay Google Cloud bills as its contract comes up for renewal this month.According to a report in Platformer, unless Twitter pays up or works something out, “its access could be cut off on June 30th when their contract ends”.Prior to Musk acquiring the micro-blogging platform for $44 billion in October last year, the company signed a multi-year contract with Google to host services related to fighting spam, removing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and protecting accounts.Also Read | Twitter to pay verified creators for ads in replies, Musk saysIf Twitter fails to pay Google Cloud, its trust and safety teams can be left crippled.Twitter has been trying to renegotiate its contract with Google since at least March.”It had also delayed payments to Amazon Web Services (AWS), leading the company to threaten withholding advertising payments,” the report noted.Also Read | Twitter to offer crowdsourced fact-check feature to curb fake images, videosSmyte, a company Twitter acquired in 2018 that offers tools to stop abuse and harassment, is among the services currently running
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