Twitter will prohibit unpaid users from sending private messages to non-friends, and Musk says it can reduce spam.

CTOnews.com, June 15 (Xinhua) recently, many Twitter users reported that when they try to send private messages to accounts that do not follow each other, they receive a notification saying that "only authenticated users can send private messages to unfollowed users. To continue, please sign up for the Twitter Blue service."

In response to this matter, Twitter has confirmed that it will amend the rules for sending private messages. Musk also responded on Twitter that spam can be reduced by restricting the sending of private messages. He stressed that technological developments have made it more difficult to distinguish between AI robots, and that the new rules will effectively filter information from robots, adding that "I want to release this update within this week, because the payment system is a verification method that can increase the cost of robots by 10000 times."

CTOnews.com has previously reported that Twitter will soon lower the daily private message sending limit for unpaid users, compared with the existing limit of 500. Obviously, in addition to Musk's claimed reasons, Twitter's restrictions on private messages are also designed to encourage users to pay, because none of these restrictions will affect paying users.