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[–] imkmiaw@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

could result in the social media company's trust and safety teams being crippled

Is that the only consequence? What happens if they don't pay at all, what would Google do? Genuinely asking, I have no clue.

[–] falcon@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

MX records show Twitter is using Google Workspace too. I wonder if Google would threaten shutting down email and document access in addition to GCP.

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have to think they would turn access off.

[–] 777@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I expect they're under some kind of enterprise tier deal so I imagine they'll get quite a few calls from their account manager before inevitably they just shut off access. This kind of thing happens more often than you'd expect when a company has cashflow issues, they're probably using many other suppliers as free lines of credit as well.