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On Friday and throughout the weekend, multiple National Weather Service (NWS) accounts announced that Twitter had removed their API access, which would disrupt crucial potentially life-saving automated emergency updates. The move came as Twitter prepares to transition its currently free API service to a paid subscription model starting at an exorbitant $42,000 per month for Enterprise access.

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On Friday and throughout the weekend, multiple National Weather Service (NWS) accounts announced that Twitter had removed their API access, which would disrupt crucial potentially life-saving automated emergency updates. The move came as Twitter prepares to transition its currently free API service to a paid subscription model starting at an exorbitant $42,000 per month for Enterprise access.
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Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Apr-2023 04:52:27 UTC Chris Trottier

Twitter to the National Weather Service: “Screw health and safety—you’re not getting API access!”
Also, can we please get these important public services onto the Fediverse please?
https://mashable.com/article/twitter-exemptions-nws-public-service-safety-weather-accounts

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