Anyone in New Zealand creating a new account and wanting to post on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, is going to have to pay a fee from now on.
The platform announced it's trialling it's "Not a Bot" programme in New Zealand and the Philippines, which will charge users around $1.50 per year to have the ability to post.
Vaughn Davis is a social media expert and prolific poster on X, he spoke to Charlotte Cook.