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Al Jazeera
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Pranav Dixit

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Will elon musk really put x behind a paywall | History Defined

Elon Musk risks losing users on X if he puts the platform behind a paywall, experts warn [File: Susan Walsh/AP Photo]

Sunnyvale, California, US – Elon Musk, the owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has said that the company will start charging people “a small monthly payment” to use the service.

“It’s the only way I can think of to combat vast armies of bots,” Musk told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a live conversation that was streamed on the platform on Monday.

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