Elon Musk wants to charge some Twitter users

In the new tweet, Elon Musk states that the platform will “always be free for casual users” but may “charge a small fee for commercial or government users”. The owner of Tesla and SpaceX did not clearly describe his intention to charge a subscription fee, or the account needs to pay according to the article to be widely displayed to users like the way Facebook is doing.

This is the first change Musk wants to apply after reaching a deal to buy Twitter for $ 44 billion last week. According to CNN, Not only millions of Twitter users, many legislatures in the US and Europe are also waiting for his changes to one of the largest social networking platforms in the world.

Previously, Musk had called Twitter “the square of the digital town” and hinted that there would be many changes when taking over the company. “I want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source for reliability, removing spam bots, and authenticating users.” , he said.

According to Reuters, The American billionaire also intends to reduce the CEO’s salary, the company’s Board of Directors to reduce costs as well as develop new ways to make money from tweets. The savings are estimated at around $3 million while the company’s stock-based bonus for 2021 is $630 million, up 33% from 2020.

Elon Musk currently has 83 million followers on Twitter. The way he uses the social network is controversial as he shares everything from memes, discusses the direction of the company, to criticize politicians, to make comments that make him angry. cryptocurrency market volatility. In recent months, he has repeatedly emphasized the goal of “unlocking the extraordinary potential” of Twitter.

However, some experts fear Musk’s wishes could hamper Twitter’s efforts to clamp down on hate, misinformation, harassment and harmful content on the social network.

Hoai Anh