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Deluge of abuse sent on X to prominent UK politicians in election period

• ggm 2y ago
  "... The University of Sheffield researchers were limited in their ability to track abuse against all politicians on X because after it was bought by Elon Musk, the platform revoked free access to its application programming interface (API). In 2023 Musk instigated a paid regime instead where equivalent data access starts at $42,000 (£33,000) a month. While EU researchers qualify for free data access on X because of the provisions within the EU Digital Services Act, there is no equivalent clause in the Online Safety Act to benefit UK researchers. ..."