A major change in Twitter: Elon Musk, the American billionaire who took over the social network a year ago, announced that Twitter will implement a temporary limit on the number of tweets that users can read per day, owner Elon Musk said, quoted by the BBC.

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In a statement posted on social media, Musk said the temporary reading restrictions were put in place to address the “extreme level” of data collection and manipulation of the system.

How many posts can regular and paid Twitter accounts view per day from now on

Thus, Musk listed the limits of reading posts as follows:

  • Verified accounts (those who pay a monthly subscription to get a blue tick – no) can read up to 6,000 messages per day.
  • All unverified accounts can read up to 600 messages per day.
  • New unverified accounts can read a maximum of 300 messages per day.

On Friday, those trying to access Twitter were told they had to log in to view the content. The move was a “temporary emergency measure,” Musk said.

He claimed that the social media platform “gets data stolen to the extent that it degrades the quality of service for ordinary users”.

We will remind you that technical problems occurred in the social network Twitter on Saturday. Since noon, many users around the world have been unable to access the platform.