Twitter has taken its battle against spammers to the courtroom. It’s sued groups it says are responsible for dumping fast numbers of junk tweets into its network. The suit goes after five of what Twitter called the network’s “most aggressive tool providers and spammers.” Defendants include the makers of apps like TweetBuddy and TweetAdder. Both interject spam into trending Twitter topics, Twitter alleges. The suit also names individuals such as James Lucero, who runs a page that promises to teach users how to get singer Justin Bieber to follow them.
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Twitter Wields Lawsuit to Slam Spam
Posted by: Rachelle Dragani April 9, 2012 10:44 AMTwitter has taken its battle against spammers to the courtroom. It’s sued groups it says are responsible for dumping fast numbers of junk tweets into its network. The suit goes after five of what Twitter called the network’s “most aggressive tool providers and spammers.” Defendants include the makers of apps like TweetBuddy and TweetAdder. Both interject spam into trending Twitter topics, Twitter alleges. The suit also names individuals such as James Lucero, who runs a page that promises to teach users how to get singer Justin Bieber to follow them.