The defendants could not immediately be reached for comment by Reuters.
“We’ve focused on tool providers; They have willfully created tools that
enable others to propagate spam on Twitter,” Twitter said.
“With this suit, we’re going straight to the source. By shutting down tool
providers, we will prevent other spammers from having these services at
their disposal. Further, we hope the suit acts as a deterrent to other
spammers, demonstrating the strength of our commitment to keep them off
Twitter.”
In its blog post, Twitter noted its recent acquisition of Dasient, a web
security company that Twitter says represents a part of its “larger
investment in security and fraud protection.”
Source: agenices