X to charge new users annually in the Philippines and New Zealand

Hope you already have an X account (or Twitter account) because the platform is going to charge new users per year for their account. This charge will only happen in New Zealand and the Philippines so far.

This new subscription is called “Not a Bot” which will make new users who sign up in the Philippines and New Zealand pay USD 1PHP 59INR 85EUR 0.95CNY 7 or PHP 56.70USD 0.97INR 82EUR 0.92CNY 7 annually. This will give new users the benefit to post, like, reply, repost, quote and bookmark tweets on X.

Starting today, we're testing a new program (Not A Bot) in New Zealand and the Philippines. New, unverified accounts will be required to sign up for a $1PHP 59INR 85EUR 0.95CNY 7 annual subscription to be able to post & interact with other posts. Within this test, existing users are not affected.

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— Support (@Support) October 17, 2023

The reason behind this subscription, according to Musk, is to combat bots and spammers on X. Musk has also stated that tests behind this solution have been successful.

Existing users will not be affected by this subscription.

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