Twitter is suing five different Web tools and providers that allegedly help spammers flood their network.
The suits are clearly aimed to send a message that spamming via Twitter will not be tolerated as it is clearly stated in The Twitter Rules.
Defendants in the suit include TweetAttacks, TweetAdder, TweetBuddy, James Lucero of justinlover.info and Garland Harris of troption.com.
“Twitter now has more than 140 million active users, and we continue to grow at a record pace,” Twitter said in a statement. “As our reach expands, we become a more attractive target for spammers. Even though spam is a small fraction of the content you can find on Twitter, we know just how distracting it can be.”
“Taking legal action sends a clear message to all would-be spammers that there are serious and costly consequences to violating our Rules with their annoying and potentially malicious activity,” explains the statement.
Twitter is not the first social network to take legal action against spammers. Facebook and Google have filed similar suits in recent years.
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