Elon Musk’s X has said it is testing a new subscription model in which it will charge $1 a year to new web users for features such as sharing or liking posts, as part of the billionaire’s efforts to rid the social media platform of bots.
In a post on Wednesday, the company formerly known as Twitter said the subscription model, called “Not a Bot”, would be introduced to new users in New Zealand and the Philippines.
Users will be required to verify their phone number and then charged the $1 fee in order to post, like, share or reply to posts on the web version of X. New users who opt out will only be able to read posts, watch videos and follow accounts, it said, adding that existing users would not be affected.
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