Hi y'all, Here's a note from the Coalition for Independent Technology Research <https://independenttechresearch.org/about-us/>: Last week, the Twitter Development team announced dramatic restrictions <https://twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/1621026986784337922> to API access. These changes will disrupt critical projects from thousands of journalists, academics, and civil society actors worldwide who study some of the most important issues impacting our societies today. Is your work affected by this? Even if you are not directly impacted, will you stand up for the people who use this vital information resource for the common good? The Coalition for Independent Technology Research <https://independenttechresearch.org/about-us/> and allies have drafted *an open letter <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AtzYcBaFvcx8-EHGXpPx0qzc5lOAaw95eqUZHi1YEBI/edit?usp=sharing>* that will be under press embargo until we publish it at *11am ET on Monday*. We are also *organizing mutual aid for threatened research*. We invite you to: - To receive/give mutual aid, please complete our intake form <https://forms.gle/jH4V6LhfBn38eEhJA>. You do not need to be a letter-signer or coalition member to receive support - Sign the letter <https://forms.gle/jH4V6LhfBn38eEhJA> for yourself and/or your organization (read the letter here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AtzYcBaFvcx8-EHGXpPx0qzc5lOAaw95eqUZHi1YEBI/edit?usp=sharing> ) Please do not share the letter or invitation publicly on social media before 11am ET on Monday, but do *please circulate this privately* to communities that would sign, that need help, or can offer it. If you have questions, please direct them to Bit Meehan <bit.coalition@gmail.com>. - Libby -- Libby Hemphill pronouns: she/her/hers Director, Resource Center for Minority Data <http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/RCMD>, ICPSR <http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/> Director, Social Media Archive <http://socialmediaarchive.org/>, ICPSR <http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/> Associate Director, Center for Social Media Responsibility <http://csmr.umich.edu/> Research Associate Professor, Institute for Social Research <http://home.isr.umich.edu/> Associate Professor, School of Information <https://www.si.umich.edu/> University of Michigan