X - Elon Musk's X Platform Lifts Ban On Taylor Swift Searches Following Fake Explicit Image Controversy | Benzinga
X, the social media platform, has re-enabled searches for Taylor Swift, the pop sensation, after previously banning them due to the dissemination of fraudulent explicit images.
What Happened: X reactivated the search function for Swift on Monday evening. The firm had previously halted users from searching for Swift after counterfeit explicit photos of her were circulated on the platform last week, according to a Reuters report on Tuesday.
Joe Benarroch, head of business operations at X, pledged the company’s commitment to preventing the spread of such content. “We will continue to be vigilant for any attempt to spread this content and will remove it if we find it,” he said in a statement on Monday.
Over the weekend, users who searched for Swift’s name on the platform were faced with an error message. X had described the search ban as a temporary measure taken with an “abundance of caution.”
One of the counterfeit images of Swift, Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2023, was viewed 47 million times before the account was suspended, according to the New York Times.
The White House last Friday described the fake images as “alarming” and emphasized the responsibility of social ...