Twitter applies temporary reading limits amid ongoing problems with platform
Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy 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. It comes after Twitter announced on Friday that it will now require users to have an account on the social media platform to view tweets, which Mr Musk described as a “temporary emergency measure”. Mr Musk tweeted on Saturday: “To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits: Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day, Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day, New unverified accounts to 300/day.” After Mr Musk’s announcement, the hashtag "RIP Twitter" was trending as well as “Twitter Down” and “Space Karen”. open image in gallery Elon Musk announced the ‘temporary measures’ via his Twitter account Mr Musk later tweeted: “Rate limited due to reading all the posts about rate limits.” The issues were first reported around midday on Saturday but there were thousands of reports about the site by 6pm, according to Downdetector.
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