X/Twitter

X (formerly Twitter) has certainly grown a lot from the days when you would send tweets via SMS text messages about what you had for breakfast. Founded in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass, the microblogging service turned real-time social media newswire was acquired by Elon Musk in 2022 and renamed and rebranded X in 2023.

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Grok is producing millions of sexualized images of adults and children
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Threads has overtaken X in daily users, but only on mobile
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X reportedly still allows Grok-created, sexualized images despite new ban
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X outage: Elon Musk's site is down, here's what we know
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Elon Musk's X bans 'InfoFi' crypto projects for posting AI slop and reply spam
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Grok blocks X users from creating images of real people in ‘revealing clothing’
Grok, xAI's chatbot.

Grok ban: The nations considering blocking AI chatbot over nonconsensual sexual content
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How to unblock X for free
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Indonesia and Malaysia block Grok access, UK threatens ban as explicit deepfake problem grows
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Grok says it has restricted image generation to subscribers after deepfake concerns. But has it?
Social media apps on a smartphone - Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter), Truth Social.

Grok under investigation for sexualized deepfake generation
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Here's everything Elon Musk promised in 2025 – and failed to deliver
Elon Musk

For 'Jujutsu Kaisen' fans, Christmas Eve is a day of mourning
Yuji Itadori in Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3

Barack Obama just dropped his 2025 'Best Of' list. The internet has thoughts.
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GPT-5.2 vs Grok 4 — How does Musk’s AI compare on benchmarks, price, and features?
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The best memes of 2025, from 6-7 to God's country. See the list.
a compilation of popular memes from 2025

X shuts down EU ad account after historic fine
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EU fines Elon Musk's X $140 million for lack of transparency
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What X's new country 'based in' feature tells us about fake accounts
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X's location revealing feature is live. Here's how to make it less precise.
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Elon Musk's X rolls out feature that shows users' country of origin – then suddenly removes it
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