FILE - Twitter, now X. Corp, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses prior to his talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, May 15, 2023, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. TikTok and Instagram users can scroll with abandon.
Elon Musk's social media platform X has begun charging a $1 US fee to new users in the Philippines and New Zealand, in a test designed to cut down on the spam and fake accounts flourishing on the site formerly known as Twitter.Posted: Oct 18, 2023 10:34 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago
The company said late Tuesday that it has started trying out the annual subscription method for new and unverified accounts. The program, dubbed Not a Bot, won't apply to existing users. "This new test was developed to bolster our already successful efforts to reduce spam, manipulation of our platform and bot activity, while balancing platform accessibility with the small fee amount," the X support account posted. "It is not a profit driver."Since Musk bought X a year ago, he has introduced a slew of changes such as renaming the platform and gutting its workforce — including its content moderation team.
Musk previously turned to premium subscriptions as a tactic to boost the financially struggling platform's revenue.One of his first product moves was to shake up the site's blue check verification system by launching a service granting checks to anyone willing to pay $8 US a month. A flood of impostor accounts forced the service's temporary suspension days after launch.
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