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Last week, Twitter announced that it will stop offering free access to its API from February 9 and instead launch a paid version.

Twitter has announced that its application programming interface would go behind a paywall from next week. The move could potentially affect a host of services - including popular bots that make automated posts on the platform.

In her 'This Week on the Internet' column for the web_crawlr newsletter, Tiffany looks at how Twitter is removing free API access.

Elon Musk said free API was being "abused badly," and suggested a $100 fee, along with ID verification, would improve the situation.

The apps' developers say the social media company hasn't yet responded to their concerns.

Twitter doubles character limit to 280 for nearly everyone Twitter doubles character limit to 280 for nearly everyone The Company Says 9 Per Cent Of Tweets Written In English Hit The 140-character Limit. People End Up Spending More Timeediting Tweets Or Dont Send Them Out At All. PTI | Updated on: 08 Nov 2017, 04:15:42 AM New Delhi : Twitter says its ending its iconic 140-character limit -- and giving nearly everyone 280 characters. Users tweeting in Chinese, Jap...

Twitter has allowed third-party academic researchers free access to the full history of public conversation via the full-archive search endpoint, which was previously limited to paid premium or enterprise customers.