{"id":231208,"date":"2023-05-22T09:23:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T13:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=290341"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:08:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:08:18","slug":"technological-pique-twitter-accuses-microsoft-of-making-an-unpermitted-use-of-its-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/technological-pique-twitter-accuses-microsoft-of-making-an-unpermitted-use-of-its-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Throws Accusations at Microsoft, Citing Improper Handling of User Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elon Musk<\/strong>, considered by some as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/elon-musk-enemy-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong>&#8216;s biggest enemy<\/a> (yes, his own company), continues to &#8220;make friends&#8221;. Through his personal lawyer, <strong>Alex Spiro<\/strong>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/entrepreneur-of-the-year-elon-musk-thinks-telecommuting-is-shitty-and-immoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;entrepreneur&#8221;<\/a> has sent a letter on behalf of Twitter to <strong>Satya Nadella<\/strong>, the CEO of <strong>Microsoft<\/strong>, accusing the tech giant of violating the social network&#8217;s developer agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/dc4321da-9b2e-11e6-b8c8-00163ed833e7\/107793415\/twitter-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Twitter<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this letter, echoed by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/5\/18\/23729216\/twitter-microsoft-api-data-sharing-elon-musk-satya-nadella\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Verge<\/a><\/strong> via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/18\/technology\/twitter-microsoft-misusing-data.html\">The New Yor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/18\/technology\/twitter-microsoft-misusing-data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">k<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/18\/technology\/twitter-microsoft-misusing-data.html\"> Times<\/a><\/strong>, Spiro claims that <strong>Microsoft would have violated &#8220;multiple provisions&#8221;<\/strong> of Twitter&#8217;s developer agreement &#8220;over a long period of time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft was until recently using the Twitter API <strong>in various Bing products and services, Xbox and its advertising platform<\/strong>, operating as many as &#8220;eight separate Twitter API applications.&#8221; 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In addition, Spiro demands that, by June 7, it be provided with information about all of the apps, as well as Twitter&#8217;s data usage.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/dc4321da-9b2e-11e6-b8c8-00163ed833e7\/107793415\/twitter-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Twitter<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/bluff-elon-musk-threats-to-sue-microsoft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Musk threatened in April to sue Microsoft over the issue<\/a>, for the time being <strong>Twitter has not taken any legal action against the company<\/strong>, which claims to have received the brief and to be &#8220;reviewing its requests&#8221; 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