Elon Musk suggests that X, formerly known as Twitter, could go behind a paywall

The societal web X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, whitethorn unit users to wage for entree to the platform. 

Owner Elon Musk suggested that helium could present a "small monthly payment" for each users, blaming the fig of bots connected the level for the proposal. 

The tech tycoon has made galore changes since helium took implicit the web for $44 cardinal (€41 billion) successful October past year.

He has laid disconnected thousands of employees, introduced a wage enactment for verification, removed contented moderation and reinstated formerly banned accounts, including that of erstwhile US President Donald Trump.

In July, helium reported that the level had mislaid astir fractional its advertizing revenue. 

Bots - accounts tally by machine programs alternatively than humans - are communal connected X, wherever they tin beryllium utilized to artificially amplify governmental messages oregon instrumentality the flames of radical hatred.

In an interrogation with Musk connected Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised the contented of online anti-Semitism.

"I anticipation you'll find the quality to halt anti-Semitism (on X) oregon rotation it backmost arsenic overmuch arsenic possible," wrong the limits of escaped speech, Netanyahu told X's chairman.

"I cognize you're determined to combat immoderate corporate hatred of the radical that anti-Semitism targets, and I anticipation you succeed. It's not an casual task, but I promote you to onslaught a balance," added the premier minister, visiting the United States for the UN General Assembly this week.

Elon Musk replied that helium couldn't forestall each hatred messages from being published connected X. He said that the institution was "moving towards a tiny monthly outgo for the usage of System X".

"It's the lone mode I tin deliberation of to combat immense armies of robots," helium said. "Because a robot costs a fraction of a cent - telephone it a dime - but if idiosyncratic has to wage adjacent a fewer dollars, a insignificant amount, the effectual outgo of robots is precise high.

"And past you besides person to person a caller outgo method each clip you person a caller bot."

The conversation, which was broadcast connected X, took spot arsenic the brag of the Tesla Motors automotive radical is embroiled successful a enactment with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a Jewish organisation based successful the USA.

Musk has accused the ADL of making unfounded accusations of anti-Semitism that person frightened disconnected advertisers and wounded his company's revenues and has threatened to writer it for billions of dollars.