Twitter Creates Endpoint to Allow Study of Public Covid-19 Tweets in Real-Time

Applicants must detail their privacy and safety procedures

Twitter released a new endpoint into Twitter Developer Labs that will enable approved developers and researchers to study public conversation about Covid-19 in real-time.

Twitter developer platform staff product manager Adam Tornes said in a blog post that use cases for the dataset include:

  • Researching the spread of the disease.
  • Understanding the spread of misinformation.
  • Crisis management, emergency response and communication within communities.
  • Developing machine learning and data tools that can help the scientific community answer key questions.
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