Elon Musk Discuss his plans for TwitterNow it is called X, during a live conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. Among other things, musk He said the social network “is going to make a small monthly payment to use the system XTo combat the “vast army of bots”.
musk The social network did not specify how much the new plan would cost users, or what other functions the lowest paid tier would or would not include.
During live broadcast, musk Also revealed some new metrics XSays it now has 550 million “monthly users” who generate 100 to 200 million posts per day.
musk He did not disclose how many of the company’s monthly users are genuine compared to bots. Nor did it make a fair comparison to previously used metrics Twitter. In May 2022, prior to the acquisition musk, Twitter reported that its “average monetizable daily active usage” was 229 million.
Discussions with Netanyahu were intended to focus on the theoretical risks of the technology. Artificial intelligence and how it should potentially be controlled i am a. however, musk He used it to counter the notion that his social network tolerates hate speech and anti-Semitism.
The meeting came under heavy criticism musk Due to the proliferation of bigotry on his social network by civil rights groups, including anti-Semitic accounts, content and conspiracy theories.
last week, musk Threatened to sue Anti-Defamation LeagueA Jewish-led organization, claimed they tried to “kill” their social network musk blamed ADLInstead of their own business decisions, 60% accounted for the decline in revenue X and said it had “no choice” but to sue the group for defamation.
musk y X Corporation. No known cases have been filed against it yet ADLand did not immediately respond to a request for comment
Before meeting with Netanyahu musk He also accused George Soros’ foundation of wanting to “destroy” Western civilization. Hungarian-American Jewish philanthropist is the founder of the Open Society Foundation, which provides grants to various civil society groups, and is the subject of several anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
On their social media platforms, musk Barbar has insulted transgender people, federal regulators, politicians, journalists, whistleblowers, critics of his company and small vendors. Despite that history, musk He told Netanyahu on Monday:
“I’m against attacking any group, you know. “It doesn’t matter who they are.” “We can’t do it if there’s a lot of disagreement and, you know, hate and negativity,” he said, referring to his goal of humanity becoming “a spacefaring civilization.”
After achieving Twitter For about $44 billion at the end of October, musk Implemented major staff cuts and radical changes to the platform. He continues to lead the company as its largest shareholder, chief technology officer and executive chairman, and is the automaker’s CEO. Tesla and aerospace companies SpaceX.
Among other changes, it granted an “amnesty” to previously suspended accounts, a move that has been heavily criticized by online security and hate speech experts. Under his guidance, the platform reinstated former President Donald Trump’s account, which was previously banned Twitter to encourage an attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 Twitter of musk Also repossessed the personal accounts of Rep. Marjory Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and neo-Nazi website founder Andrew Anglin.
musk The verification system has also been removed blue dove of Twitterwhich helped users identify authentic accounts of public figures including celebrities, elected officials, scientists, authors, business and educational leaders, activist journalists and others.
Under the social network’s current system, users who pay a fee can display a blue subscriber badge next to their name. Those who pay get their posts prioritized in other users’ feeds. Those who don’t pay may engage in lower levels of amplification for their posts or experience less engagement on the platform. on monday, musk Reiterating his belief that converting users to paying customers will make it harder and more expensive to deploy bots on platforms.
X Attempting to obtain a license to be a money transmitter throughout the United States. According to public records, it has already received permission to do so in 8 states.
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Editor’s note: Look, I’d like to think that this will cause a lot of people, including myself, to leave the platform. But I don’t think it will happen, I know people who pay for their blue popcorn.