Elon Musk says charging users small monthly fee to use X could combat bots

During a sit-down discussion with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, tech billionaire Elon Musk said he is “moving to having a small monthly payment for use of the X system.” He said that the introduction of a monthly payment on X, formerly known as Twitter, was “the only way I can think of to combat vast armies of bots” on the social media platform.

• Elon Musk’s X to charge $1/year fee for new users, beginning in 2 countries