Billionaire Elon Musk has announced an increase in read limits on Twitter after facing severe backlash on social media. 

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The updated limits are as follows: verified users can now read up to 10,000 tweets, an increase from the previous limit of 6,000. Unverified accounts have also seen an increase to 800 from 600, while new unverified accounts now have a limit of 400 tweets, up from 300.

Recently, Elon Musk introduced a temporary limit on the number of tweets users can read in a day. He took to Twitter to address the situation after receiving reports from users that there were problems with the website. According to Musk, interim restrictions were put in place as a result of “extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation.”

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Elon Musk’s recent decision concerning Twitter’s read restrictions drew harsh condemnation from users all around the world. Twitter people criticized the platform and Musk for the change, as well as the platform itself.

However, Musk after facing a global outcry in an update announced that the read limits have now been increased for verified users to 10,000 from 6000, for unverified accounts to 800 from 600, and for new unverified accounts to 400 from 300.

Several Twitter users after the announcement reacted to his tweet. One user wrote, “Keep bullying him it’s working.”

Another user tweeted, “Dear@elonmusk This really bad, really bad for people who are using Twitter to report on follow fires and other disasters, some friends have already exceeded their limit for the today and the fire weather is just starting for the day. This could cost people their lives, you may want to rethink this or hire me as a consultant! This is a disaster!”

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One user tweeted, “Do I hear 12k? 12k anyone? Going once…going twice…”