Twitter's $42,000 API Access Plan Could Harm Crypto Research
Twitter emailed researchers letting them know they'll either have to delete their data or pay $42,000 to continue to use the platform's API.
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Researchers using Twitter's once-free Decahose data service will soon have to pay a fee of $42,000 per month to continue using the service and retain their data.
Decahose, a streaming service that gives scientists unrestricted access to around 10% of all tweets in real time, has been a mainstay of academic research on a myriad of topics, including emergency response, activities related to law enforcement, political disinformation and extremism.
Earlier this year, due to Elon Musk's purchase of the company, Twitter announced that it would begin charging for access to its many APIs with fees ranging from $100 to $42,000 per month .
For Academia, we are looking for new ways to continue to serve this community. In the meantime, Free, Basic, and Enterprise tiers are available for college students. Stay tuned to @TwitterDev for more.
— Twitter Dev (@TwitterDev) March 29, 2023Scholars and universities using the Decahose service would be required to pay the "corporate" fee of $42,000 per month under the new rules and the amount of data available would drop to 10% of total live tweets at 0.3%.< /p>
According to a report by the British publication i news, researchers recently received an email
Twitter emailed researchers letting them know they'll either have to delete their data or pay $42,000 to continue to use the platform's API.
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Researchers using Twitter's once-free Decahose data service will soon have to pay a fee of $42,000 per month to continue using the service and retain their data.
Decahose, a streaming service that gives scientists unrestricted access to around 10% of all tweets in real time, has been a mainstay of academic research on a myriad of topics, including emergency response, activities related to law enforcement, political disinformation and extremism.
Earlier this year, due to Elon Musk's purchase of the company, Twitter announced that it would begin charging for access to its many APIs with fees ranging from $100 to $42,000 per month .
For Academia, we are looking for new ways to continue to serve this community. In the meantime, Free, Basic, and Enterprise tiers are available for college students. Stay tuned to @TwitterDev for more.
— Twitter Dev (@TwitterDev) March 29, 2023Scholars and universities using the Decahose service would be required to pay the "corporate" fee of $42,000 per month under the new rules and the amount of data available would drop to 10% of total live tweets at 0.3%.< /p>
According to a report by the British publication i news, researchers recently received an email
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