Japanese disaster prevention X account can’t post anymore after hitting API limit - Dexerto
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Japanese disaster prevention app NERV can't post to the platform after hitting X's API rate limitations.

Japanese disaster prevention X account can’t post anymore after hitting API limit - The issue has arisen after major Tsunami warnings have been issued in areas of Japan following a strong earthquake::undefined

  • DoomsdaySprocketEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    This same issue happened during wildfire season in BC, Canada if I recall. A small polite media outrage over it, then forgotten.

    Best case scenario would be an independent, international system developed within and for the emergency services community worldwide. Judging by the way firefighters travel internationally to fight forest fires worldwide, the community could be strong enough to support a solution like that, in my opinion.

      • DoomsdaySprocketEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        For reference, the article I’m referring to:

        https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/twitter-policy-change-hampers-drivebc-1.6894793

        “Social media’s reliability in emergencies questioned after Twitter limit blocks DriveBC posts” (Jul 12).

        Whether a provincial traffic account posting emergency info counts as news links for these large companies or not, it’s a pretty ugly look for them to have been blocking emergency information, and it doesn’t look any better now 6 months later.

        The whole thing is pretty typical (Canadian) government “not enough, and too late” -style regulation regardless, but these social media sites could think twice about playing the villain so readily in response.