Elon Musk has stated that he will charge for using X as it is “the only way to protect yourself from bot accounts.”
The platform’s billionaire owner – formerly known as X – says users can expect a “small monthly payment.”
“I would say the most important reason why we agreed to a small monthly payment for use is with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“A bot costs a fraction of a cent, but if someone has to pay a few dollars or something like that… every time you have a new bot you have to get a new payment method.”
“As we prioritize contributions made by We want it to be a small amount of money.
“This is a long discussion, but in my opinion this is the only defense against huge armies of bots.” “The better AI gets, the better it passes captcha tests than humans.”
Elon Musk revealed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he plans to start charging users on X, formerly known as Twitter
A huge crowd of protesters gathered in San Francisco’s Union Square, near where Musk and Netanyahu met on Monday, to show their opposition to his domestic reforms
At the meeting between Musk and Netanyahu in California’s Silicon Valley, the Tesla owner also refused to discuss the topic of anti-Semitism on X when Netanyahu brought up the topic.
This comes amid escalating tensions between Musk and the Anti-Defamation League, which accuses him of anti-Semitism, and mass protests in Israel against judicial reforms.
But Musk sidestepped the topic of anti-Semitism, instead saying he was “obviously opposed to it,” and instead spoke more broadly about “hate speech.”
Netanyahu had previously defended Musk when he was accused of repeating it discriminatory phrases about the Jewish financier George Soros, and he introduced the topic by reiterating his belief that the Tesla boss does not hold anti-Jewish views.
“I know about your opposition to anti-Semitism,” the 73-year-old Israeli leader told Musk during their X discussion.
“All I can say is that I hope that within the confines of the First Amendment you will find the opportunity not only to stop, or as best as possible, curb anti-Semitism, but also to curb any collective hatred of a people that anti-Semitism represents. “
“Of course I’m against anti-Semitism,” Musk replied. “I am actually against everything that promotes hatred and conflict, and I am for everything that helps society and leads us together towards a better future for humanity.”
But the SpaceX boss did not elaborate or defend his controversial statements about Soros, including a comparison to X-Men supervillain Magneto – a figure who manipulates the world and believes mutants should be in charge instead of humans.
On hate speech in general
“On any given day there are about 100 to 200 million posts in the system.” That’s a lot of material. Some of them will be bad.
“You can’t monitor it in advance, but you can say after the fact, ‘Oh, it’s being reported as hate speech’.”
“We’re not going to promote the speech because that’s probably not what people want to hear.”
Netanyahu (pictured) has previously come out in support of Musk after he was accused of repeating discriminatory language about Jewish financier George Soros despite an outcry in Israel
The SpaceX founder’s anti-Semitism problems began when he compared the 92-year-old Soros to the X-Men supervillain Magneto – a figure who manipulates the world and believes mutants should be in charge instead of humans
Netanyahu is embroiled in his own domestic controversy over his move to radically overhaul the country’s justice system, which opponents say will push the country toward authoritarian rule.
The Israeli prime minister wants to curb the authority of the Supreme Court and give politicians greater power to select judges.
A huge crowd of protesters gathered in San Francisco’s Union Square, near where Musk and Netanyahu met on Monday, to show their opposition to his reforms – and to Musk for giving him a platform.
Musk asked Netanyahu about his reforms during their
Netanyahu fired activists who opposed his reforms, claiming “many of them don’t know what they are protesting against.”There is a concerted effort to make sure they don’t know.”
Netanyahu is also embroiled in his own domestic controversy over his move to radically overhaul the country’s justice system, which opponents say will push the country toward authoritarian rule
Musk asked Netanyahu about his reforms during their (pictured) protested against the guidelines.
Thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets of Tel Aviv in June to oppose Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government’s judicial reforms
“The way you govern and the way you balance democracy, majority rule and individual rights is a balance between the three branches of government,” he said.
“In Israel, this balance began to change 30 years ago. And we have the most active court in the world… so it has increasingly usurped the powers of the executive and legislative branches in which it decides fundamentally.
“Democracy should be the mutual control of the three branches.
“In Israel there are no checks and balances on the judiciary, it only has power, and so the request is to try to bring it back into line, and this is bubbling up all the time.”
