Twitter’s API Crackdown Will Hit More Than Just Bots

By shutting off its free API, the social network will stop researchers from getting access to crucial data to track hate speech and disinformation.

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R M Livingstone · Feb 13, 2023 · 1:56 PM UTC

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Elon Musk says Twitter will provide a free write-only API to #bots providing 'good' content tcrn.ch/3DGMWt4 via @techcrunch

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R M Livingstone · Feb 3, 2023 · 3:22 PM UTC

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Twitter to end free access to its API in Elon Musk's latest monetization push tcrn.ch/3WXOrKh via @techcrunch

R M Livingstone · Nov 7, 2022 · 9:53 PM UTC

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New #research pub in First Monday on #bots created around ex-POTUS's Twitter persona. firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph…

An Office Halloween · Oct 12, 2022 · 8:41 PM UTC

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An Office Halloween@officecostumes12 Oct 2022

Kevin (season 7) #TheOffice #Halloween #Costumes

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An Office Halloween · Oct 10, 2022 · 12:41 PM UTC

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An Office Halloween@officecostumes10 Oct 2022

Meredith (season 8) #TheOffice #Halloween #Costumes

An Office Halloween · Oct 3, 2022 · 2:40 PM UTC

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An Office Halloween@officecostumes3 Oct 2022

Creed / Kevin / Dwight (season 5)

R M Livingstone · Oct 3, 2022 · 2:44 PM UTC

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Hey everyone! I made a bot that will tweet out Halloween costumes from #TheOffice all October. Because this is what we need, right??? Follows and likes appreciated! @officecostumes

WIRED · Sep 27, 2022 · 12:55 PM UTC

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A PhD student has been running a free tool to help identfiy bots in his spare time. Now his bot detection software is at the center of a titanic legal battle between Elon Musk and Twitter. wired.trib.al/0CB3f0N

This Student’s Side Project Will Help Decide Musk vs. Twitter

In the battle over Twitter’s future, the number of bots on the platform is a key issue. Problem is, nobody knows how to count them.

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R M Livingstone · Sep 15, 2022 · 1:20 PM UTC

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Elon Musk’s 19,000 tweets reveal his complicated relationship with Twitter washingtonpost.com/business/…

Elon Musk’s 19,000 tweets reveal his complicated relationship with Twitter

An examination of Elon Musk's 19,000 tweets shows his complicated relationship with Twitter and the billionaire's changing views of the company he's trying to buy.

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