Musk suggests Twitter fee for government and commercial users

By Heather Hamilton

Published May 4, 2022 1:25pm ET

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Musk suggests Twitter fee for government and commercial users — Billionaire Elon Musk has suggested that Twitter start charging government and commercial users a “slight” fee to use the social media platform. Since Twitter’s board of directors accepted the Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s offer to purchase the social media platform for $44 billion on April 25, Musk has touted changes including open algorithms, the elimination […]

Billionaire Elon Musk has suggested that Twitter start charging government and commercial users a “slight” fee to use the social media platform.

Since Twitter’s board of directors accepted the Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s offer to purchase the social media platform for $44 billion on April 25, Musk has touted changes including open algorithms, the elimination of bots and trolls, and the elimination of censorship.

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