Twitter will remove 140-word character limit in direct messages

From July, direct messages can be 10,000 characters long, but there will be no changes to the length of tweets

Twitter will remove the 140-character limit on direct messages from July, the social network has announced.

But don't expect the same change to occur in public-facing tweets, as the company has been at pains to make clear that there are no changes coming to the main part of the service.