{"id":53732,"date":"2024-01-29T07:31:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T07:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/taylor-swift-searches-blocked-on-x-after-fake-explicit-images-spread\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T07:31:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T07:31:04","slug":"taylor-swift-searches-blocked-on-x-after-fake-explicit-images-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/taylor-swift-searches-blocked-on-x-after-fake-explicit-images-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift searches blocked on X after fake explicit images spread"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The social media platform X has blocked users from searching for Taylor Swift after fake sexually explicit images of the pop singer proliferated on social media this week, an executive said on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Searches for Swift\u2019s name on Sunday afternoon on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter yielded the error message, \u201cSomething went wrong. Try reloading.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a temporary action and done with an abundance of caution as we prioritize safety on this issue,\u201d Joe Benarroch, head of business operations at X, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Taylor Swift was named Time Magazine\u2019s \u2018Person of the Year\u2019 in 2023 after launching a record-shattering global tour and becoming the world\u2019s most-streamed musical artist.<\/p>\n

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre\u00a0called the fake images \u2018alarming\u2019 on Friday, and said social media companies have a responsibility to prevent the spread of such misinformation.<\/p>\n

Jean-Pierre said at a news briefing that lax enforcement against false images, possibly created by artificial intelligence (AI), disproportionately affects women.<\/p>\n

One image of Swift shared on X was viewed 47 million times before the account was suspended, according to a New York Times report.<\/p>\n

Since billionaire Elon Musk acquired Twitter in 2022, he has been\u00a0criticized\u00a0for his own controversial posts and his efforts to overhaul the platform\u2019s content moderation policies. Many advertisers on the platform have pulled back spending, fearful of appearing next to harmful posts.<\/p>\n

X has\u00a0said the overwhelming majority of content views are of \u2018healthy\u2019 posts. Musk and X CEO Linda Yaccarino have articulated a new policy called \u2018freedom of speech, not reach\u2019 that restricts the distribution of some posts but refrains from deleting them.<\/p>\n

The search restrictions come ahead of a 3 p.m. EST [2000 GMT] National Football League (NFL) playoff game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens, which Swift \u2013 who is dating Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce \u2013 is expected to attend.<\/p>\n

Broadcasts of Chiefs games often show Swift\u2019s reactions.<\/p>\n

Pakistani Swiftie breaks Guinness World Record: Read to know how!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n