The Harlow Report

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2023 Edition


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first published week of:   01/23/2023

Twitter Admits It’s Breaking Third-Party Apps, Cites ‘Long-Standing API Rules’

by Karissa Bell

It didn't explain which rules developers had violated.

Several days after Twitter abruptly cut a number of third-party apps off from its API, the company has quietly acknowledged the move. “Twitter is enforcing its long-standing API rules,” the company said in a tweet from its developer account. “That may result in some apps not working.”

However, the company offered no explanation which “long-standing API rules” developers of apps like Twitterrific and Tweetbot were violating. It also doesn’t address why some smaller third-party Twitter apps are still up and running. Twitter no longer has a communications team.

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