What's going on at Twitter? Elon Musk's latest controversial decision is 'read limits'

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What's going on at Twitter? Elon Musk's latest controversial decision is 'read limits'
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As Twitter imposes limits on the number of tweets users can view, we look back at Elon Musk's tumultuous and confusing ownership of the social media platform.

Twitter has limited the number of tweets an unverified user can read to 1,000 a day.Owner Elon Musk has cut the company's value by more than half since October.

It's the latest eyebrow-raising move at the company since the billionaire bought the company for US$44 billion and took over in October last year, with many wondering what his strategy is. Many at the company were hoping the former ad executive would help bring back advertisers who had abandoned the platform since the Musk takeover.What happened when Twitter introduced verified accounts?

Twitter Blue users also get access to posting longer videos, the ability to edit tweets and an ad-free experience.Australia's eSafety Commission has issued Twitter a warning and threat of hefty fines if it does not deal with a surge of online hate.Elon Musk says 'cisgender' will be considered a slur on Twitter. Here's what the word means

Ms Inman Grant said Twitter's policies prohibited hateful conduct on the platform but rising complaints to eSafety and reports of the toxic content remaining on the platform show that Twitter was probably not enforcing its own rules.

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