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| Move is to address ‘extreme levels’ of data scraping and system manipulation, says Elon Musk | Move is to address ‘extreme levels’ of data scraping and system manipulation, says Elon Musk |
| Twitter has applied temporary reading limits to address “extreme levels” of data scraping and system manipulation, Elon Musk said in a post on the social media platform on Saturday. | Twitter has applied temporary reading limits to address “extreme levels” of data scraping and system manipulation, Elon Musk said in a post on the social media platform on Saturday. |
| Verified accounts were temporarily limited to reading 6,000 posts a day, Musk said, adding that unverified accounts and new unverified accounts were limited to reading 600 posts a day and 300 posts a day respectively. | Verified accounts were temporarily limited to reading 6,000 posts a day, Musk said, adding that unverified accounts and new unverified accounts were limited to reading 600 posts a day and 300 posts a day respectively. |
| In a later tweet, the billionaire added: “Rate limits increasing soon to 8,000 for verified, 800 for unverified & 400 for new unverified.” | |
| That comes after Twitter had announced that it will require users to have an account on the social media platform to view tweets, a move that Musk on Friday called a “temporary emergency measure”. | That comes after Twitter had announced that it will require users to have an account on the social media platform to view tweets, a move that Musk on Friday called a “temporary emergency measure”. |
| Musk had said that hundreds of organisations were scraping Twitter data “extremely aggressively”, affecting user experience. | Musk had said that hundreds of organisations were scraping Twitter data “extremely aggressively”, affecting user experience. |
| He had earlier expressed displeasure with artificial intelligence firms like OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, for using Twitter’s data to train their large language models. | He had earlier expressed displeasure with artificial intelligence firms like OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, for using Twitter’s data to train their large language models. |
| The social media platform had previously taken steps to win back advertisers who had left Twitter under Musk’s ownership and to boost subscription revenue by making verification check marks a part of the Twitter Blue programme. | The social media platform had previously taken steps to win back advertisers who had left Twitter under Musk’s ownership and to boost subscription revenue by making verification check marks a part of the Twitter Blue programme. |
| Earlier on Saturday, thousands of Twitter users had reported problems with the service, saying they were unable to retrieve tweets, their timelines had gone missing or that followers had disappeared. | Earlier on Saturday, thousands of Twitter users had reported problems with the service, saying they were unable to retrieve tweets, their timelines had gone missing or that followers had disappeared. |
| Nearly 6,000 people complained of issues, according to Down Detector, and many tweeted about their problems. The phrase “Twitterdown” was trending in the UK on the platform. | Nearly 6,000 people complained of issues, according to Down Detector, and many tweeted about their problems. The phrase “Twitterdown” was trending in the UK on the platform. |
| Some users reported getting the message “rate limit exceeded” when they tried to view tweets. | Some users reported getting the message “rate limit exceeded” when they tried to view tweets. |