Sure he craves data but really Elon is just looking for excuses not to ban bots and keep the tweepcred
He's got Feds all over his TrustieSaftie shit and he cant kick them off or ban 3 letters MIC from censoring his site
-Patriot Act
-Elon has all Government contracts. He's a bitch to his employers 

I really believe if he thought he could buck the Feds he would but he wont self destruct just to be moral.