“It’s gonna hurt me a little” to pay the eight dollars demanded by the new head of Twitter, Elon Musk, for users who want to verify their account as real, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said on France 5 television on Wednesday. “We’ll see what the rules are, if I donate eight euros every month to Mr. Musk, it will hurt me a little bit.” answered the minister on the topic that was questioned during the C à vous program.
New Twitter owner Elon Musk announced on Twitter on Tuesday the upcoming launch of an $8-a-month subscription for users who want to authenticate their account as authentic and be less exposed to ads. Currently, only certain profiles can claim this authentication token, including governments, companies, media, political, cultural or sports figures, etc.
This is the case of the minister of economy with 665 thousand Twitter subscribers, who has the famous blue certificate on the right side of his name on the American social network. Twitter’s new offering should help the platform fight fake accounts and diversify its revenue streams. Its business model is 90% dependent on advertising. But the very idea of having to pay to validate your account has drawn a lot of criticism.
Asked if he would agree to pay, Bruno Le Maire added: “I haven’t looked into the details yet”. “It’s the fastest question that will be asked “Will Twitter, under Elon Musk’s watch, respect the rules that we’ve put in place in terms of policing everyone’s speech, respecting everyone’s speech, respecting free speech?»»continued the Minister of Economy. “Not because Mr. Musk has taken control of Twitter, we’re going to be able to see threats, insults, attacks on people’s dignity on this social network happening everywhere on Twitter.” said Bruno Le Maire again.
Source: Le Figaro
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