Elon Musk says he’s planning to charge ‘a small fee’ for new users to interact on X
Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X (formerly known as Twitter), says he is considering implementing “a small fee for new user[s]” to tackle the issue of automatised accounts, or “bots”. Posting on the social media platform, he added that “current AI (and troll farms) can pass ‘are you a bot’ with ease”. No details regarding how much the fee would be or its implementation date have been disclosed but Musk said that the measure would last three months in another post on X. It will still be possible to access the social media without paying; however, new users would be prevented from creating ...