Elon Musk hints at ‘slight cost’ for Twitter's commercial, government users
Elon Musk said on Tuesday Twitter Inc might charge a "slight" fee for commercial and government users, part of the billionaire entrepreneur's push to grow revenue which has lagged behind larger rivals like Meta Platforms Inc's Facebook, Reuters reported.
"Twitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight cost for commercial/government users," Musk said in a tweet. "Some revenue is better than none!" he added in another tweet.
Musk, also the chief executive officer of top electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O), has been suggesting a raft of changes to Twitter since last month.
After inking the deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion last week, Musk said he wanted to enhance the platform with new features, make the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeat spam bots, and authenticate all humans.