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Temporary measures to combat scraping
Twitter has set a limit on the number of tweets users are allowed to read. According to Twitter boss Elon Musk, this is necessary for the platform to run properly and it is “a temporary emergency measure”.
According to Musk, so-called scraping is a big problem for Twitter. Companies use software to collect automated data on Twitter for the development of artificial intelligence models. According to the CEO, this can lead to Twitter becoming slower or more unreliable.
Restricted tweet access based on account verification
As of now, users with verified accounts (with a checkmark) can read up to 10,000 messages per day. People who create a new account and do not have a checkmark can only view 500 messages. Users who have been on the platform for a longer period of time and do not have a checkmark can read 800 messages per day.
Earlier, Musk stated that the limits were set at 6,000, 600, and 300 messages respectively, and he plans to soon increase those numbers to 8,000, 800, and 400.
Measures against scraping
These restrictions are a follow-up to measures Musk announced yesterday. He stated that tweets on Twitter can only be seen by people who are logged into the platform. This is also an emergency measure being taken because, according to him, there are hundreds of organizations “aggressively sucking data from Twitter”. By restricting access, the billionaire hopes to reduce the frequency of visits by automated accounts.
Today, many users in several countries, including the Netherlands, experienced difficulties logging into the platform or faced significantly slower performance. Whether these issues are directly related to the fight against scraping is currently unknown.
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