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Twitter stiffs Google

Musk won't pay his Google Cloud bill -- and the company's trust and
safety systems are hanging in the balance

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Casey Newton
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Pardon the interruption to your weekend, but we couldn't wait until
Monday to tell you about this one. So here's a quick Saturday edition
of the newsletter.

Twitter has refused to pay its Google Cloud bills as its contract
comes up for renewal this month, Platformer has learned, leading to a
high-stakes conflict between the companies that could result in
Twitter's trust and safety teams being crippled.

While Twitter hosts some services on its own servers, the company has
long contracted with Google and Amazon to complement its
infrastructure. Prior to Musk buying Twitter last year, the company
signed a multi-year contract with Google to host services related to
fighting spam, removing child sexual abuse material, and protecting
accounts, among other things.

Twitter has been trying to renegotiate its contract with Google since
at least March, the Information reported that month. It had also
delayed payments to Amazon Web Services, leading the company to
threaten withholding advertising payments. 

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