Independent pollution trackers also lost API access
☹️ @plumeplotter has resorted to manual tweets because @Twitter has cut off @plumeplotter's API access. ☠️ https://t.co/QSQYE6C0XC pic.twitter.com/2nkrDfYEby
— Plume Plotter (@plumeplotter) April 16, 2023
Twitter’s API debacle has forced some smaller public health accounts like Plume Plotter to go back to the drawing board. Plume Plotter runs an automated Twitter account that attempts to track the state of air pollution caused by current and planned incinerators around the country. The account posted a copy of a message it received from Twitter’s developer platform saying it had been suspended from using Twitter’s API. Now, the account has had to revert to manually drafting every update.
