The potential repercussions of failing to migrate the system to its own servers before the end of the month are significant. Platformer warns that a shutdown would greatly impact Twitter’s ability to combat issues such as spam and the distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Even before this recent development, Smyte had been showing signs of strain, particularly following the company’s workforce reduction efforts initiated by Elon Musk. In December, Musk questioned Twitter’s trust and safety team regarding why the automated system had failed to detect a Twitter Blue user impersonating him to promote a cryptocurrency scam. The team explained that the system had been unstable for a week, crashing at least once a day.
