Elon Musk promises a purge of bots in X. Some users of X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, are in for an unpleasant surprise.

From one of the company's official accounts they warn that the number of followers they see on their profiles could drop significantly in the coming days. The decision comes a day after Musk boasted of having achieved a "traffic record" on X, although without giving details of how he measures that traffic. The social network has also begun granting the benefits of subscription accounts for free to users with proven influence within the network.