Elon Musk is responding to critics, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., over criticism of his plan to charge Twitter users $8 a month to be verified.
SoFi Technologies CEO Anthony Noto talks Twitter, interest rates and his fintech's powerful Q3 earnings report on 'The Claman Countdown.', D-N.Y., after she ridiculed his plan to charge $8 a month for Twitter users to receive a verified blue check mark.
"Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that ‘free speech’ is actually a $8/mo subscription plan," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Tuesday, after MuskEarlier in the day, Musk declared Twitter's "lords & peasants system for who has or doesn't have a blue checkmark" to be "bulls--t."Later Wednesday, he drew attention to a nearly $60 sweatshirt from Ocasio-Cortez’s website.
Musk, who took over Twitter last week after closing a $44 billion deal, has been assailed by users on all sides over his plan to charge $8 a month to be verified. Despite the criticism, he says the plan will remain. "To all complainers, please continue complaining, but it will cost $8," he said Tuesday. Musk has noted that basic Twitter will remain free to use, but accounts that pay to receive the blue check would get other benefits.
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