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Earlier today, Microsoft announced it is dropping Twitter from its advertising platform after the tech giant refused to pay Twitter’s API fees. Microsoft’s decision came a few days just before Twitter moves to its new high-priced API, which starts at $42,000 per month.
X Daily News on X (formerly Twitter): “NEWS: Microsoft drops Twitter from its advertising platform as they refuse to pay Twitter’s API fees. pic.twitter.com/dY6YBIxjo5 / X”
NEWS: Microsoft drops Twitter from its advertising platform as they refuse to pay Twitter’s API fees. pic.twitter.com/dY6YBIxjo5
As it turned out, Microsoft has been using Twitter data illegally to train its AI, Twitter CEO Elon Musk revealed in a post this evening.
“They trained illegally using Twitter data. Lawsuit time,” Musk tweeted.
Starting on April 25, 2023, Smart Campaigns with Multi-platform will no longer support Twitter,” Microsoft said(opens in a new tab). A similar email has begun to go out to Microsoft Advertising users stating that “Digital Marketing Center (DMC) will no longer support Twitter starting on April 25, 2023.”
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