Elon Musk announced, now only these users will be allowed to participate in the poll on X

san francisco (The Hindu News): Elon Musk on Sunday announced that X will soon allow only verified, premium users to take part in polls on various subjects, including political issues, on the platform to prevent bots from influencing the results. be prevented from doing.

When writer-entrepreneur Brian Krassenstein posted that X would have to create an option to allow only blue checkmarks to participate in the poll, Musk said it was coming soon. We are changing the poll to only allow verified users to vote. This is important to avoid bot-spamming polls on controversial issues. The tech billionaire said, “We’ve shut down a lot of bots this week.”

X previously announced it would allow political advertising on its site from political parties and candidates in the US and expand its election and security team ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
The social media network said that it will enhance its teams to deal with emerging threats and content manipulation. X said it is allowing political ads for the purpose of furthering our commitment to free expression.

It said, in line with our commitment to protect freedom of expression, we must empower our users to express their views and engage in open debate during elections.

Meanwhile, days after promoting an anti-Semitic campaign to ban the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) from X, “free-speech absolutist” Musk asked users of the social media platform to link the site to civil rights advocacy groups. to boot, formerly known as Twitter. The ADL has done a great job over the past decades, Musk said on Sunday, but in recent years it has become overzealous and been hijacked by the wok mind virus.