Twitter temporarily restricts viewing tweets, said Elon Musk

Elon Musk has temporarily limited the number of messages that Twitter users can read, and those who pay for the service get ten times more access.

Telsa's CEO said the tech firm has imposed read restrictions to deal with «extreme levels» of data scraping and system manipulation.

Musk said on Saturday that verified accounts are temporarily limited to reading 6,000 messages per day, adding that unverified accounts and new unverified accounts are limited to reading 600 messages per day and 300 messages per day, respectively.

To eliminate extreme levels of data cleansing & system manipulation, we have applied the following time limits:

— Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 messages per day
— Unverified accounts up to 600 messages per day
— New unverified accounts up to 300/day< /p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 1, 2023

It comes after Twitter announced it would require users to have a social media account in order to view tweets, a move that Musk, 52, called on Friday a «temporary emergency measure.»

He said that The social media platform has «plundered the data so much that it has degraded the service to ordinary users.»

He has previously expressed his displeasure at artificial intelligence firms such as OpenAI, owner of ChatGPT, for using Twitter. data to train their language models.

Twitter's initial reading time limits

The social networking platform has previously taken a number of steps to bring back advertisers who left Mr. Musk's Twitter and increase subscription revenue by taking verification is ticked by part of the Twitter Blue program.

Donald Trump, whose account was previously suspended after the deadly attack on the US Capitol two and a half years ago, is reportedly considering returning to Twitter, the platform is now considered more conservative.