Elon Musk Considering Paywall for New X Users to Fight the Bots

The entrepreneur said this might be the only way to combat bots on the platform.
Elon Musk Considering Paywall for New X Users to Fight the Bots
The X logo (formerly Twitter) on a smartphone screen in Los Angeles, Calif., on July 31, 2023. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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As spam bots persist on X, Elon Musk is considering charging a fee for new users to activate the social media platform’s posting function.

In reply to an X account that posted about changes on the social platform, the billionaire X owner on Monday argued that charging a “small fee” to new accounts was the “only way” to stop the “onslaught of bots.”

Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.
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