Data scraping led to Twitter crashes, Elon Musk says

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July 14, 2023

The culprit behind Twitter’s access problems over the past few weeks has finally been found. Elon Musk, who has taken various measures to combat data attacks, said that the platform’s servers were being overloaded and that the user experience was deteriorating. In response, he announced that he was suing four “data-harvesting” companies.

Twitter sues four organizations following the crash

The lawsuit, filed in Texas, alleges that the company used software to collect large amounts of data, including tweets, user profiles and messages. This data collection overloaded Twitter’s servers. As a result, the platform slowed down and even crashed.

The lawsuit also alleges that the data scraping led to the creation of fake accounts and spam bots. This degraded the user experience on Twitter. Musk is seeking an injunction to stop the data scraping and damages from these companies.

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“This illegal data collection is a clear violation of Twitter’s Terms of Service. It is also a violation of the law, and we are working to hold the perpetrators accountable.”

The names of the accused companies are currently being kept anonymous. However, it should be noted that no statement has been made.

For those who don’t know, data scraping is the process of collecting large amounts of data from a website. This data can be used for a variety of purposes, such as market research, competitive analysis or even spamming a website.

Data scraping violates Twitter’s Terms of Service. The company’s terms of service prohibit users from scraping data from the platform without Twitter’s permission.