A non-permanent fee for new users could soon be Elon Musk's X's only way to stop bots. New users on X could soon be met with a small fee before they can post, as Elon Musk unveils it is the "only way" to help stop bots from plaguing the platform.
Elon Musk said Friday (April 12) that charging users a “small fee” to become active on X may be necessary to reduce bots and spam on the social media platform. “Unfortunately, a small fee for new user write access is the only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots,” he wrote in a Monday […]
Elon Musk is planning to charge new X users a small fee to enable posting on the social network and to curb the bot problem. In reply to an X account that posted about changes on X’s website, Musk said charging a small fee to new accounts was the “only way” to stop the “onslaught […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Making users pay is only way to stop bots taking over platform
A Supreme Court judge in Brazil ordered an investigation Sunday of Elon Musk after the mogul criticized the magistrate and accused him of censorship for blocking social media accounts suspected of spreading disinformation.In an order seen by AFP, judge Alexandre de Moraes accused the owner of X of criminal instrumentalisation of the platform.The judge said the social network X must refrain from disobeying judicial orders, including by reactivating an account that the Supreme Court ordered...
A report last year revealed that Elon Musk had plans to introduce a new charge for users who have just registered on X (formerly Twitter) on the grounds that this would be the only way to make the platform free of bots. Now Musk himself has confirmed his intentions and revealed more details about this potential fee. more
Want to join X (formerly Twitter) or create a new account? Well, it’s going to cost you. Elon Musk revealed Monday that new users on the site will have to begin paying a “small fee” annually in hopes of limiting bots on the site. Unfortunately, a small fee for new user write access is the […]
X owner Elon Musk says that he still plans to put in a "small fee for new user write access" to help combat the increased use of bots. There's no word on what the fee will be or when it will launch.
A standoff between Elon Musk and Brazil escalated on Sunday when a Supreme Court judge opened an inquiry into the billionaire after Musk said he would reactivate accounts on the social media platform X that the judge had ordered blocked. Musk, the owner of X and a self-declared free speech absolutist, has challenged a decision by Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordering the blocking of certain accounts. He has said X, formerly known as Twitter, would lift all the restrictions because they were...
Billionaire Elon Musk on April 9 claimed that the Brazilian employees of his social media site X (formerly known as Twitter), are being threatened with arrest. The tech mogul further added that all details he has on Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes will be shared after his employees are safe.“We need to get our employees in Brazil to a safe place or otherwise not in a position of responsibility, then we will do a full data dump. They have been told they will be arrested,” he...
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