2023-11-01 20:15:00

Elon Musk: This Will Destroy Scam Bots on Twitter

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By Yuri Molchan

Tesla chief Elon Musk who finalized the acquisition of Twitter last week, has announced a solution that will support Twitter financially and destroy bots.

An hour ago, he posted a series of tweets. In one of them he stated that the owners of verified accounts with blue checks will have to part with $8 a month to keep that check.

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Twitters current lords & peasants system for who has or doesnt have a blue checkmark is bullshit.

Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.

Earlier, Elon mentioned $20 in his tweets, however, many verified users on Twitter, including best-selling US horror author Stephen King strongly objected to that.

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