Elon Musk says Twitter is being 'manipulated' and subjected to massive data mining

The billionaire said the limits were temporary, but the rates applied differed between verified (paid), unverified, and newly registered accounts, with users being given a “quota” of 8,000/800/400 posts per day, respectively. Twitter later raised the limits to 10,000, 1,000, and 500 posts.

Musk did not say exactly when the restrictions on how many posts users can read will be fully lifted.

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO had previously taken action after thousands of users reported problems when they tried to access Twitter on July 1, marking the latest widespread outage since the billionaire acquired the platform late last year.

Specifically, many users when logging in or viewing content on Twitter's website or mobile app encountered error messages "traffic limit exceeded" or "unable to retrieve tweet".

It’s unclear whether Twitter’s outage is related to the company’s new limited-reading policy announced a day earlier. Previously, users could view their public profiles and tweets without logging in, but now they’ll be immediately prompted with a “log-in” window.

Musk said that “drastic and immediate action” was required because the level of data collection was “massive.”

In February, users of the Tesla CEO’s social media account were also unable to log in for about 90 minutes after receiving a message that “daily tweet limit exceeded.” Then in March, the “Bluebird” encountered an error that prevented him from clicking on links or loading images.

The platform's outages often coincide with news of data center closures and mass layoffs — moves Musk has said are necessary for the company's financial health.

(According to CNBC)

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