Part of the computer code used to run Twitter was leaked online, marking the latest hurdle for the social media site since Elon Musk bought it for $44 billion late last year, according to court filings. It has become.
According to the filing, Twitter issued a subpoena to software collaboration platform GitHub on March 24, accusing a user identified as “FreeSpeechEnthusiast” for sharing excerpts of Twitter’s source code without permission. Identifying those responsible for code sharing, Twitter lawyers said in a statement.
The documents were filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
GitHub followed Twitter’s request and removed the code later that day, the company confirmed to CNBC.A spokesperson said the company publicly Share All DMCA TakedownsThis happens when content has been removed from the website at the request of the copyright owner to ensure transparency.
Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Musk has previously claimed that Twitter will open source the code used to recommend tweets on March 31st. He said he expects people to find “silly” issues, and that providing code transparency would be “incredibly embarrassing” at first.
According to a DMCA request shared by GitHub, the company has removed “proprietary source code for Twitter’s platform and internal tools.” It’s unclear if the source code used to promote the tweet was part of the leak.