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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alex Hern UK technology editor

Twitter to no longer only promote paid-for accounts after backlash

The Twitter logo is seen on a cell phone
Since its launch under Elon Musk, as a rebranded version of the pre-existing ‘recommended’ feed, Twitter’s ‘for you’ tab has proved controversial. Photograph: Michael Dwyer/AP

Twitter has reversed course on plans to limit presence on its “for you” timeline to paying users only, with Elon Musk claiming he “forgot to mention” that other users would be visible as well.

When the company’s owner first announced the plan on Tuesday he said it would limit the tab that algorithmically curates tweets for users to only display accounts who had paid £8 a month for “Twitter Blue” and linked their account to a working phone number.

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