X will soon restrict live-streaming to **Premium subscribers **only, including streams from encoders integrated with X. This change aims to address copyright and piracy issues, as many users have been streaming illegal content.

By making live-streaming a paid feature, X hopes to improve content quality and encourage more users to subscribe to X Premium. However, this move may reduce the amount of real-time, on-the-ground footage and contradict Elon Musk's vision of "citizen journalism." The decision also reflects X's ongoing struggle to increase Premium subscriptions and generate revenue.