New users of the Elon Musk-owned social media site X in two countries will now be required to pay a small amount annually to post on the platform formerly known as Twitter.
X unveiled its new paid “Not A Bot” beta program Tuesday evening in New Zealand and the Philippines. In those two countries, people have to pay an annual fee to post comments.
The company priced the test subscription at $1 per year, so it will cost $1.43 NZD in New Zealand and ₱42.51 PHP in the Philippines. It also involves mandatory phone number verification.
In the two countries, those “opting out of subscribing will only be able to take “read only” actions like reading posts, watching videos and following accounts,” X said on its Help Center. There won’t be a charge for existing account holders.
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Posting, liking, replying and other capabilities on the web version of the site will require the membership payment, according to the platform.
With the test, X said it…
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