Tech Crunch – X plans to use payment, phone and ID verification to stop bots, in addition to the new $1/yr fee

Posted on October 18, 2023

It’s official: X is charging users to use its service — a move X owner Elon Musk said would help the company combat bots and spam, something he’s repeatedly complained about even before acquiring the social network. But while critics, including WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg, have suggested that fees alone will not stymie the efforts […]