In a recent update that has sparked significant backlash, users of the social media platform X are expressing their frustration over changes to the platform’s blocking feature. The announcement, made ...

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X, formerly Twitter, is now letting blocked users see posts made by the people who blocked them. “We’re starting to launch the block function update,” X’s engineering team wrote yesterday. X ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. X, formerly Twitter, recently announced it's changing the way the social media platform's block ...

Just 24 hours after Elon Musk's X announced changes to how the block function works, Bluesky gained 500,000 users. Credit: Hakan Nural/Anadolu via Getty Images Essentially, a block on X will now just ...

To justify the change, X said the block functionality could previously be "used by users to share and hide harmful or private information about those they've blocked." The change will allow people who ...

On Sept. 23, Elon Musk, the owner of X, announced a significant change to the platform’s blocking feature, stirring up a wave of user reactions. This new policy allows users who have been blocked to ...

The site formerly known as Twitter has finally implemented a change to its blocking functionality that owner Elon Musk has been promising since August 2023. On Saturday, Nov. 2, X Engineering posted, ...

Social media platforms operating in Australia have struggled to identify and block underage users, falling short of the ...