I just tried viewing some tweets linked to from other sites and could not. I was prompted to log in instead. Up until today, I have been able to view public tweets without having to log in. I don’t have an account obviously, because Twitter banned me permanently. So, is Elon musk’s Twitter now effectively offline to all non-users? Just like Facebook. It looks like it. The world’s premier ‘free speech town square’ is now hidden from non-members. How very liberating and transparent.
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It looks as though the problem may be related to the ending of Twitter's hosting contract with Amazon Web Services. This has resulted in the host imposing limits to the amount of data that can be transferred. Consequently Twitter has put some temporary restrictions on the use of the platform. The restrictions seem to be particularly directed at those without accounts or paid subscriptions.
Here is the explanation for this... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66077195