Twitter Shuts down Online Safety Company Smyte after acquiring it 3

Social media giant, Twitter, announced that it had acquired Smyte, a startup focused on delivering online safety and anti-spam solutions. Interestingly, a day after the acquisition was announced, Twitter shut down the Smyte . Twitter tried to explain the acquisition in a blog post stating (link):

Today, we’re very excited to announce that we’ve agreed to acquire Smyte, a San Francisco-based technology company that specializes in safety, spam, and security issues. Smyte’s team, technology and company mission are aligned with our focus on improving the health of conversation on Twitter, and we believe this will be a powerful addition to our ongoing work.

Smyte’s products will help us address challenges in safety, spam and security more quickly and effectively. Their review tools and processes will be powerful additions to our own tools and technology that help us keep Twitter safe. We’ll integrate this technology to strengthen our systems and operations in the coming months.

The health of the conversation on Twitter remains our top priority and we’re looking forward to approaching this work with an expanded team and new technology.

Tech journal Cnet posted “We reached out to Twitter to ascertain what steps current Smyte customers should take, but they did not immediately respond for comment…. Smyte’s systems will begin being integrated into Twitter “in the coming months.””