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.”