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So much for free speech on X; Musk confirms new users must soon pay to post (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 51 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

There was a theory that he was paid by a country like Saudi Arabia to take it down, sinces it's a powerful tool for a repressed population. Twitter was very important during the Arab Spring.

I scoffed at it before but it's starting to seem very plausible.