Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, has revealed changes to the social media platform’s premium Twitter Blue service.
Only verified subscribers will be able to vote in polls and recommend posts to other users starting on April 15.
According to the guideline, tweets from non-paying accounts will not appear in the stream labeled “For you.”
The company announced last week that it would delete the verified status from some “legacy” accounts that were created before Mr. Musk acquired the business.
Blue-tick verification is presently $7 (£5.70) per month, and it also gives users access to more features.
Mr Musk said the changes were “the only realistic way to address advanced AI bot swarms taking over. It is otherwise a hopeless losing battle.”
“Voting in polls will require verification for same reason,” he added.
In an earlier post, Mr Musk said paid verification significantly increases the cost of using bots and makes it easier to identify them.
However, the move has been criticised by some social media users.
Elon Musk’s new policy will now essentially preclude non-paying users from taking part in one of those streams.
It means unverified Twitter users will be far less likely to have their tweets liked or retweeted.