On Saturday evening, the owner of Twitter, Elon Musk, announced that free users of the app can now only read 1,000 messages a day. Newly created free accounts are limited to 500 messages per day. Verified accounts, on the other hand, which cost money to have, can read 60,000 messages. Musk has previously expressed displeasure with AI companies such as OpenAI for allegedly using data from Twitter to train the AI tool ChatGPT. Photo: Susan Walsh / AP The police work to take ownership The police used Twitter to convey information to the public in 2011. In the absence of anything else, Twitter was chosen, the police wrote in an email to news. The police often use Twitter to inform. Photo: Ingvild Baltzersen Sund / news – Twitter is a commercial actor over which we have no control. We are now working on taking ownership and control of the platform that is used for information from the police, writes press officer Roar Hanssen in the police directorate. – The development in Twitter recently has meant that we are now further accelerating this work, writes Hanssen. The operations centre’s use of Twitter will be discontinued when the police are confident that they will get the information out. Furthermore, they write that during the transition period they will publish on both Twitter and politiet.no. They stress that, as of now, no date has been set for liquidation. – If Twitter were to stop working, the police have their own platforms such as politiet.no and are in close contact with the press to spread information, writes Hanssen. Follows developments Communications adviser at the Oslo Fire and Rescue Service, Hege Aas, says that it is very rare that they use Twitter for preventive knowledge. Communications advisor, Hege Aas, says they follow developments on Twitter. Photo: Oslo Fire and Rescue Service – Twitter is a channel we use to inform about incidents. A number of media follow us here to capture events. We carry out preventive communication aimed at Oslo’s residents through Facebook, Instagram, the media and other channels we own. Aas also says that at the moment they have not discovered that Twitter messages reach fewer people. – What steps are you taking now to deal with the new changes? – We are following the development, and will consider alternative channels if we see a need for it. – Critical social actors must see Twitter as an additional warning IT expert Torgeir Waterhouse points out that the changes are partly about the fact that there are many people who reuse the data elsewhere. Torgeir Waterhouse says that socially critical actors cannot base themselves on Twitter. Photo: Hans Kristian Thorbjoernsen Furthermore, he says that the new changes show that actors critical of society, such as the police and the fire service, cannot base themselves on Twitter. – One thing is the latest change, if you see all the changes that have been made, it is quite obvious that all socially critical players who use Twitter to notify must see Twitter as an additional notification, says the expert. When asked what Waterhouse believes will be needed for Elon Musk to turn around, he says that it is solely about experiencing how the new changes will turn out. – If this turns out well for Twitter, they will probably continue with this. – And we see how many changes have been made recently. It indicates that they are looking for solutions that work well, and if this seems to work well, then they will probably continue it. – If it doesn’t work the way they want, they will probably adjust and adjust until they find something they feel works, says Waterhouse. Active users of Twitter City council representative in MDG, Eivind Trædal, uses Twitter himself. He believes the changes destroy the professionalism of the app. Eivind Trædal says he will still be on Twitter. Photo: Oslo municipality/Sturlason – It seems like a very effective way to destroy the entire professionalism of the app, as most people scroll through 600 messages quite quickly, says the city council representative. Social debater Jan Arild Snoen also uses Twitter actively. He says Twitter has a dominant position within that type of social media segment. Community debater, Jan Arild Snoen believes there is not a good enough alternative to Twitter right now. Photo: Private – Because everyone is there. This is a classic thing. Everyone is there, and everyone is there because it is free for the user. And if it isn’t anymore, then only the hard core might be able to be willing.
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