Elon Musk Defends Pay Model for Twitter Amid End to Free Verified Blue Ticks

Elon Musk Defends Pay Model for Twitter Amid End to Free Verified Blue Ticks
Elon Musk on Friday defended his controversial pay model for Twitter, claiming that any social media platform that didn't follow suit would fail because they would be swarmed by bots. Musk made his prediction on the eve of Twitter's April 1 ultimatum that verified accounts with the cherished blue tick that had not forked over cash would lose it.