Twitter Refusing to Settle Invoices for Google Cloud Services
According to a report by Platformer on Saturday, Twitter has declined to settle its Google Cloud expenses as its agreement is set to expire this month, potentially leading to the impairment of the social media firm’s trust and safety teams.
Before Elon Musk took over the social media platform last year, Twitter signed a multi-year deal with Google to do things like fight spam and protect accounts, according to a report.
The Platformer report did not provide details on how the conflict between the companies could hamper Twitter’s trust and security teams. Twitter has reportedly been trying to renegotiate its contract with Google since at least March.
Twitter hosts some services on its servers and others on Amazon and Google cloud platforms, Platformer said.
In March, Amazon warned Twitter that it would withhold advertising payments because the company has been paying Amazon Web Services for cloud services, according to reports.
Since Musk’s acquisition, Twitter has cut costs dramatically and laid off thousands of employees. Musk ordered the company to cut infrastructure costs such as cloud services by $1 billion, a source told Reuters in November.
Twitter did not immediately respond to an email inquiry, while Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
