Twitter Restores Free API Access For Govt Accounts

May 5, 2023 Business, Social Media

Fortune reports:

In an about-face, Twitter says it has restored free access to a key tool for verified government and “publicly owned” services so they can tweet weather, transit and other alerts after New York City’s transit agency said earlier this week it would no longer use the platform for its service advisories.

Last month, the company announced a new pricing system that would charge for access to its API, which is used by accounts that post frequent alerts, such as transit and weather agencies.

MTA officials estimated the cost could run as high as $50,000 a month. For a transit agency that faces a multibillion dollar deficit, paying that much raised concerns.

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Twitter had signaled that the days of private accounts disseminating troves of information at no cost may be ending. https://t.co/samue9cv80

— FORTUNE (@FortuneMagazine) May 3, 2023