Before Musk unveiled Twitter’s new policy, users were met with a message reading “rate limit exceeded,” when trying to view content.
The rate limit announcement is the latest in a series of major changes for the social media company. | Gregory Bull/AP PhotoTwitter users will face new limitations on the number of tweets they can view per day, according to a tweet from the company’s billionaire owner Elon Musk on Saturday.
Enough users were confused by the alert that “#TwitterDown” was trending in the U.S. on Saturday morning.
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