Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), has reportedly declared that new users will have to pay a fee to tweet on the platform.
Quartz reports that the announcement came via Musk’s own X/Twitter account, where he stated, “Unfortunately, a small fee for new user write access is the only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots. Current AI (and troll farms) can pass ‘are you a bot’ with ease.” This policy change was first flagged by an automated account that tracks changes to X’s website before being confirmed by Musk himself.
Elon Musk’s X logo for Twitter (Anadolu Agency/Getty)
Under the new “Not-a-Bot” terms and conditions, new accounts must pay a “small annual fee” to post, like,
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