Billionaire entrepreneur, Elon Musk, on Wednesday, said Twitter commercial and government users may have to pay to use the micro-blogging platform. Twitter on Monday, April 25, confirmed the selling of the platform to Musk in a deal valued at $44 billion.
The sale was a dramatic shift for the board, which had originally maneuvered to block Musk from taking the social media network private.
“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” Musk said in a joint statement announcing the takeover.
But confirming fears by the majority that his takeover might lead to commercialisation of the social media platform, Musk in a tweet in the early hours of Wednesday, said commercial and government users will pay for the platform. He, however, said the micro-blogging site would “always” remain free for casual users.
He wrote, “Twitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight cost for commercial/government users.
The entrepreneur in a reply to a tweet added, “Some revenue is better than none!”
In an earlier tweet, Musk said, “Ultimately, the downfall of the Freemasons was giving away their stonecutting services for nothing.”https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=mobilepunch&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1521630589710872576&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fpunchng.com%2Fcommercial-govt-users-to-pay-for-twitter-says-elon-musk%2F&sessionId=ec10d74273355d4a0e2d6db7800ee713b40e6c5f&siteScreenName=mobilepunch&theme=light&widgetsVersion=c8fe9736dd6fb%3A1649830956492&width=550px
Twitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight cost for commercial/government users
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 3, 2022
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