X is working on a new feature to combat spam posts on its platform, according to Nima Owji, an independent app researcher. The feature will allow users to disable links in replies, as shown in an image posted by Owji. Users can choose to prevent others from responding with a link to their posts by ticking a box for this option. X is working on the ability to let you disable links in the replies of your posts! pic.twitter.com/dddP0a8l5w — Nima Owji (@nima_owji) July 19, 2024 Christopher Stanley, X’s director…

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X, a company owned by Elon Musk, has released its monthly compliance report, revealing its strict measures against policy violators in India. From February 26 to March 25, the company took action by banning more than 213,000 accounts nationwide. The majority of these suspensions were due to violations such as promoting child sexual exploitation, sharing non-consensual nudity, and endorsing terrorism on the platform. Enhanced measures against harmful content The report shows a significant number of 212,627 accounts flagged and banned over a period of time for their involvement in the…

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Social media platform X is now making xAI’s Grok chatbot available to Premium tier subscribers. In response to Elon Musk’s announcement about the service being offered to paid users, the company has specified that only Premium and Premium+ subscribers in certain regions will have access to the chatbot. Previously, Grok was exclusively available to Premium+ users, who paid either $16 per month or a $168 annual subscription fee. However, according to a report by Techcrunch, with the latest update, users who have subscribed for $8 per month can now take…

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In a recent policy reversal, X, previously known as Twitter, announced that users with a large number of followers will now be granted a complimentary subscription and the iconic blue checkmark. Before Musk, the blue checkmark was used as a verification system for large accounts, including celebrities, institutions and journalists. But Musk saw the system as unfair to regular users and changed the blue checks to only go to paying subscribers, meaning thousands of holders were denied the feature. As of late Wednesday, some users were surprised and even angry…

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Yulia Navalnaya’s access to Elon Musk’s X social-media platform was temporarily restricted following her public accusations against Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the death of her husband, opposition leader Alexey Navalny. In a video posted on her X account, Navalnaya accused Putin of being responsible for Navalny’s death in a Russian prison colony. She also declared her intention to assume the role of opposition leader following her husband’s passing. On Tuesday, his profile page displayed an “account suspended” message and an explanation that the service freezes accounts that violate the…

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Elon Musk-led X Corp banned a record 2,31,215 accounts in India between December 26 and January 25, mainly for promoting child sexual abuse and non-consensual nudity. The microblogging platform, which is going through a storm under Musk, also shut down 1,945 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country. In total, X banned 2,33,160 accounts in the country in the reporting period. In its monthly report under the new IT rules 2021, X said it received 2,525 complaints from users in India during the same period through the…

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Elon Musk-run X has added support for “passwords” as a login option for iOS users in the US. “Today, we’re excited to launch Passkeys as a sign-in option for our US iOS users,” the company announced at X on Tuesday. “Password is a new, easy-to-use and secure way to log into your account – all from your device. Passwords are more secure than traditional passwords because your device generates them separately for each account,” it added. According to the company, passwords provide a stronger level of protection for your account…

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Elon Musk-run X said Monday that it has fixed a bug that caused the platform to incorrectly label several posts as “Sensitive Media.” According to the company, the vulnerability in its system affected several genuine accounts. “An error in our system caused X to incorrectly mark several messages as sensitive media,” the company wrote. “We have fixed the underlying issue and are now working to remove tags from affected posts, it added. Musk also said that “the X spam/spoof bot accidentally tagged many legitimate accounts,” which the company fixed. One…

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On Friday, a federal court in the United States declared that Twitter, now known as X, breached contracts by not fulfilling its verbal commitment to provide annual performance bonuses to its employees. Former employer Mark Schobinger filed a breach of contract lawsuit in June. According to the lawsuit, Twitter had promised employees a performance bonus for 2022 if they stayed with the company until the last possible payment date, which was the first quarter of this year. The court rejected Twitter’s attempts to have the case dismissed, ruling that Schobinger’s…

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