The businessman assured that Twitter will continue to be free for common users, but the option of charging companies and governments “is there”.
A few weeks ago, the purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk, who has various plans for the social network in the short term. Among these, a rather particular situation stands out: would start charging governments and businesses for their use.
This was indicated by the tycoon himself through his Twitter profile, assuring that the platform will always be free for normal users.
“Twitter will always be free for casual users, but there may be a small cost for commercial and government users.” exposed.
Twitter currently has a subscription service called Twitter Bluewhich operates in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Its monthly value is 3 dollars.
Twitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight cost for commercial/government users
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 3, 2022
According to The Wall Street Journal, Elon Musk’s idea would be sell Twitter within three years.
According to the newspaper, Musk is in contact with private investment funds to help him pay the 21,000 million that he promised to contribute as his own funds to acquire the social network, one of those funds being the company Apollo Global Management.
The objective of the operation, which would be to remove Twitter from the spotlight for the next few years, is to convince investors that it can rapidly increase the profitability of the social network and thus make it more attractive.
Musk has not given many concrete clues regarding what he plans to do with Twitter, beyond the financial aspects, but he has hinted that wants to reduce what he calls “censorship” on the net, in reference to the moderation policies of hateful or extremist content.
The billionaire tweeted today that there are “organizations that want to control your access to information”, to which he commented: “Sunlight is the best disinfectant”.
