Only verified Twitter users can vote in polls, Elon Musk says

Twitter is about to make some big changes to its poll voting methods and for-use section. That was the announcement from the social media company CEO Elon Musk on Monday. From April 15th, Musk said only verified Twitter accounts would be allowed to vote in polls. Musk claimed it was to address advanced AI bot swarms. In another big move, the Twitter owner said only verified accounts would be eligible to appear in the site's 4U recommendations. The 4U section displays a stream of tweets from accounts on Twitter. The social media firm did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Last year, Musk had said Twitter would restrict voting on policy-related polls to paying Twitter Blue subscribers. He took over the site last year in a $44 billion takeover. Ad spending fell sharply soon after. That after Musk released a paid account verification system which led to scammers impersonating organizations. Over the weekend, the information reported Twitter employees were offered stock grants valuing the company at just under $20 billion. That is less than half of the amount Musk paid to buy the platform, which points to a huge drop in value.

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