A big part of what has led to social media platform Twitter/X’s current popularity is the lack of fees for signing up. The “public square” role the platform has often claimed only works if the public can actually access it. But that’s been significantly changed since Elon Musk’s 2022 acquisition of the platform for $44
Dogecoin is once again in the spotlight with speculation that DOGE payments are coming to X (formerly Twitter) as the platform looks to charge users a fee to post and interact on the platform. This was made public by owner Elon Musk, who said that the move was made in an effort to make sure […]
A federal judge has ordered the Kansas Highway Patrol to pay $2.3 million in attorney fees and other costs related to a lawsuit filed over the KHP’s “Kansas Two-Step” practice during traffic stops. The judgment is from
Mediaite spoke with four journalists about what caused them to limit their use of Twitter and what their social media use looks like now.
Rep. Cori Bush (R-MO) reportedly spent $86,000 on legal fees during the first quarter of the year amid a Justice Department investigation into payments her campaign made for her husband’s security services. Bush’s campaign finance records, obtained by Axios, reveal her team paid nearly $100,000 to law firms between January and March. That reportedly leaves her campaign with $528,000 and $91,000 […]
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 in a row with the Australian government after its online safety regulator called for a video of an Assyrian bishop being stabbed at a Sydney church to be removed from X, his social media platform. The video shows Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel being stabbed during a church service that was being livestreamed on April 15. The nonfatal attack, which authorities said was a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious extremism, led to rioting outside the church. Australia’s eSafety...
Brazilian supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro are praising Elon Musk's free speech ideals.
Without any direction from Congress, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule that (1) changes the safe harbor dollar amount for late fees from $30, or $41 for subsequent late payment violations, to a strict threshold of $8 while prohibiting any higher amount for future delinquencies; and (2) removes the safe harbor late […]
X owner Elon Musk announced Monday that new users would soon need to pay a small fee to post on the site.
Elon Musk said X will soon start charging new users who want to post on the platform to combat the bot and spam account problem. about X changes, here.
X likely hopes to avoid liability with disclaimer that Grok "can make mistakes."