Twitter’s recent move under Elon Musk to charge more than $500,000 annually for its API is hampering vital disinformation and war crimes research, experts say.
Twitter’s recent decision under new owner Elon Musk to charge more than $500,000 annually for a once-free tool to analyze posts on the platform is hampering disinformation and war crimes research, and could slow rescue efforts during natural disasters, according to experts and nonprofit groups.
Although Musk has repeatedly claimed that his efforts have been effective, there has been no discernible drop in bot traffic since the billionaire mogul bought Twitter for $44 billion in April of last year, according to the cybersecurity firm Cheq, which monitors traffic on the site.
Charging for check marks has been part of an aggressive monetization strategy that Musk has employed to generate“We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?” heThe API change has sparked concern from some lawmakers in Washington.
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