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Elon Musk Prepared To Charge All Users To Use X (Twitter) As “Only Way” To Combat Bots

Jesse Williams

By Jesse Williams

Jesse Williams

19 Sep 2023

Elon Musk has alluded that he is prepared to charge all users to have access to his X, formerly Twitter, platform.

During a live-streamed conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday the Tesla CEO alluded to controversial plan for the social media platform.

The revelation came when Netanyahu asked Musk how X could prevent the use of bots in the amplification of anti-semitism.

Musk responded by saying that the company was “moving to having a small monthly payment for use of the X system” claiming it was “the only way I can think of to combat vast armies of bots,”

“Because a bot costs a fraction of a penny – call it a tenth of a penny – but if somebody even has to pay a few dollars, some minor amount, the effective cost of bots is very high,”

“And then you also have to get a new payment method every time you have a new bot.”

Currently X offers their premium subscription programme for £11 per month or £114.99 annually.

Users of the premium service receive a verified tick alongside the ability to edit tweets and post longer messages.

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