Found it!
It was a #Platformer article posted in June;
https://www.platformer.news/p/twitter-stiffs-google
Light on sources, so could be conjecture.
@hazz223 @_L1vY_ Apparently, the new CEO actually got that sorted out and paid them.
It might’ve been something more stupid, however: https://waxy.org/2023/07/twitter-bug-causes-self-ddos-possibly-causing-elon-musks-emergency-blocks-and-rate-limits-its-amateur-hour/
@hazz223 still just rumors and theories