“The MTA has terminated posting service information to Twitter, effective immediately, as the reliability of the platform can no longer be guaranteed,” an MTA spokesperson told The Post in a statem…
The MTA announced on Thursday that it will no longer provide real-time service alerts on Twitter since the platform began charging an exorbitant price for the integral feature that allows such posts.
“The MTA does not pay tech platforms to publish service information and has built redundant tools that provide service alerts in real time,” the statement said. In the last two weeks, MTA had its access involuntarily interrupted twice — on April 14 and again on Thursday.Twitter CEO Elon Musk has been searching for ways to generate revenue since purchasing the company for $44 billion in October.Wired reported
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