Musk to charge new X users $1 a year for basic account

The subscription is expected to be rolled out across the world [Chris Delmas/AFP]

X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, has begun charging new users in New Zealand and the Philippines to use the platform’s basic features and aims to expand the annual fee to all new users globally.

Under the trial, new users in the Philippines and New Zealand will have to pay about $0.75 and $0.85, respectively, each year, to be able to post and engage on X.