US media: Musk said he plans to switch the X platform to a monthly payment model to combat the "robot army"
According to the US Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) local time on the 18th, Tesla CEO and owner of the social platform X (formerly Twitter) Elon Musk said in a live conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on the same day that the social platform X (formerly Twitter) plans to shift to a monthly paid usage model. Musk claimed that the move was to counter the "robot army".
American entrepreneur Elon Musk held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the 18th local time. The Times of Israel reported with photos
Musk did not say how much users of Platform X would pay for it. In the live broadcast, Musk said that the current social platform X has 550 million users and posts 100 million to 200 million posts per day.
Musk did not say how many of the 550 million users of the X platform were real people, nor did he compare it to data before Twitter's name change. But before Musk took over Twitter in May 2022, the company released a report that said that Twitter had "generated profitable active users" at 229 million per day.
Screenshot of Musk's X (formerly Twitter) social account
In addition, CNBC also mentioned that Musk previously canceled the free "blue label certification" for public figures, which helps X users identify the real accounts of public figures, and after the free certification is canceled, the content published by paid users will be prioritized, and the display priority of unpaid users will be reduced. Musk said on the 18th that the use of a paid subscription model will make it "troublesome" and "unaffordable" to register a robot account on the X platform.
Musk Infographic Source: Foreign media
In addition to the topic of charging X users, CNBC also said that Musk's discussions with Netanyahu focused on topics such as the theoretical risks of AI technology and how to regulate AI. In this discussion, Musk pushed back against the idea that the social platform he led "tolerates hate speech and anti-Semitism." Before the discussion began, Jewish civil rights groups were widely critical of Musk and accused him of using social platforms to "amplify bias." Musk told Netanyahu, "You know, I'm kind of opposed to attacking any group. Whoever it is. Referring to humanity being the target of a "space civilization," Musk said, "We can't do this if there's a lot of infighting and hatred and negativity." ”
Trump posted on the X platform Source: Screenshot of Trump's social account
The report also said that Musk was criticized for "amnestying" former US President Trump and other users on the social platform X, whose X accounts had been previously banned. In addition to Trump, the unbanned users include Georgia U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Green and Andrew Angreen, founder of the neo-Nazi website.