X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, will cut revenue sharing for posts that are corrected by Community Notes, owner Elon Musk said on Sunday.

The announcement, yet another chapter in social media’s struggle with fake news, was met with a mix of praise and words of caution, as some users said the new rules would help diminish misinformation while others raised concerns about the process being abused.

“Making a slight change to creator monetization: Any posts that are corrected by [Community Notes] become ineligible for revenue share,” Musk said in a post to X. “The idea is to maximize the incentive for accuracy over sensationalism.”

A revamp of Twitter’s Birdwatch feature, Community Notes is a feature that uses crowd-sourced information to fact-check posts. The notes get attached to posts, offering context and links to give users fuller transparency. X began its ad revenue-sharing program over the summer.

Making a slight change to creator monetization:

Any posts that are corrected by @CommunityNotes become ineligible for revenue share.

The idea is to maximize the incentive for accuracy over sensationalism.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 29, 2023

The popular “Mostly Peaceful Memes” account responded to the weekend monetization news by asking, “Don’t you think that community notes will then be weaponized against people to demonetize their content?”

Frequent X poster Ian Miles Cheong reacted with optimism, saying the decision was “Probably good,” adding, “Should fix a lot of the problems with people posting misinformation on purpose.” He also wondered, “What about posts where ‘context’ is added, like on memes and such?”

Another account with hundreds of thousands of followers, “Comfortably Smug,” offered an idea of what to do with the money. “Have the ad revenue go to whoever posted the community note,” the account said. “Incentivizes accuracy.”

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Musk announced the change amid scrutiny of paid-for blue-check accounts being a driving force behind lies or misleading posts, including about big events such as the Israel-Hamas war, that go viral and become lucrative. The European Union even issued a warning to Musk earlier this month, saying that X could face “penalties” for disinformation. There have also been reports in recent days about plummeting monthly users and ad revenue on X.

Ever since Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion roughly one year ago, the technology entrepreneur has overseen several changes to the platform, including rebranding it as X, shaking up its suspension policy, and implementing a new verification process that he described as being essential to fend off bot accounts.

Former South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley said during a speech over the weekend that the United States can never remain neutral when it comes to the battle between good and evil.

Haley made the remarks during a speech primarily about Israel on Saturday at the Republican Jewish Coalition Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“The world is on fire. But here in America, we’re acting like it’s September 10, when we were blind to the world’s dangers,” she began. “We need to remember what it felt like on September 12. America has to get this right. For the sake of our brothers and sisters in Israel. For the sake of the American people.”

“We need to wake up. We need to regain our moral clarity,” she said. “And we don’t just need to remind ourselves about the difference between good and evil. We need to commit ourselves to ensure that good defeats evil. That means fighting anti-Semitism in Congress and college campuses. And it means giving Israel everything she needs to destroy Hamas – once and for all!”

Haley, a GOP presidential contender, recounted fighting against anti-Semitism while serving as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and helping push back against the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign.

“In this room, we understand the fundamental difference between right and wrong – between good and evil,” she said. “And when we see evil, we must always meet it head-on. Not with half-steps and empty words. Not with fear. But with strong action and a full-throated defense of truth.”

“What’s happening in Israel is a clear-cut case of good and evil,” she continued. “It doesn’t get more clear than freedom-loving people defending themselves from barbaric terrorists.”

Haley warned against listening to those who have started to call for a “ceasefire” as Israel conducts military operations against the Hamas terrorists who murdered more than 1,400 people earlier this month.

“America can never be neutral between good and evil,” she said. “We must pick a side. And we serve our own national interests best when we side with good.”

Haley later acknowledged that former President Donald Trump was pro-Israel while he was president but cautioned over what he might do in the future and took subtle jabs at him.

“We all know what Trump did in the past,” she said. “The question is… what will he do in the future?”

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She highlighted the increasing threats and dangers from across the globe and warned that “given those stakes, we cannot have four years of chaos, vendettas, and drama.”

“We can’t afford to go down that road – not now,” she said. “Eight years ago, it was good to have a leader who broke things. But right now, we need a leader who also knows how to put things back together.”

She then criticized Trump for describing Hezbollah terrorists as “very smart” and criticizing Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the October 7 attacks.

“As president, I will not compliment Hezbollah,” she said. “Nor will I criticize Israel’s prime minister in the middle of tragedy and war. We have no time for personal vendettas.”