Twitter accuses Microsoft of misusing data and breaking API rules.

Twitter has accused Microsoft of violating its terms by overusing its ability to download tweets from the platform. Microsoft products have reportedly retrieved over 26 billion tweets in 2022 alone, which Twitter considers "excessive or abusive." The social media company has sent a letter to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, listing several alleged violations, including failure to state a purpose for some data collection and use of data in connection with "automation capabilities" subject to Twitter restrictions. Microsoft has refused to pay Twitter to maintain its data access through Twitter's API after Twitter erected a paywall seeking to charge for data.