July 13 (Reuters) - Twitter has filed a lawsuit against four unnamed entities in Texas for data scraping last week, a move that showed why the Elon Musk-owned social network recently placed daily limits on the number of tweets a user could read.
The complaint by Musk's X Corp, which owns Twitter, alleged that the entities indulged in "unlawfully scraping data" and sought monetary relief of more than $1 million, the lawsuit said.
Musk, meanwhile, reiterated the reason for data limits in a reply to a tweet that referenced the data-scraping lawsuit.
The case is X Corp Vs John Does 1-4, in the district court of Dallas County, Texas, no.
Reporting by Shubham Kalia and Juby Babu in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza and Arun KoyyurOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons:
Elon, Musk, John, Shubham Kalia, Juby Babu, Savio D'Souza, Arun Koyyur
Organizations:
Twitter, Elon Musk, Musk's X Corp, Meta, X Corp, Thomson
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Texas, Dallas County , Texas, Bengaluru