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What did Twitter, under Elon Musk’s watchful eye, decide to limit starting July 1, 2023?

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What did Twitter, under Elon Musk’s watchful eye, decide to limit starting July 1, 2023?

On July 1, 2023, Twitter implemented this revised policy to discourage “>extreme levels”> of data scraping and system manipulation. Verified accounts were limited to reading 6,000 posts daily, while unverified accounts were restricted to 600 posts daily. This decision led to a digital uproar, with the hashtag #TwitterDown trending in some parts of the world. Not missing a beat, Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, saw this as an opportunity to announce their new Threads app.

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