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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Disinformation on U.S.-Iran war takes over the internet
A person stands amid a crowd, holding an orange protest sign that reads "No war with Iran."

X struggles as Bad Bunny Halftime Show performance dominates
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Sam Altman unloads on Elon Musk in latest X posts
 Sam Altman, CEO of Open AI, is pictured on September 25, 2025 in Berlin, Germany

Why SpaceX bought xAI: Data centers in space aren't the only reason
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquires Elon Musk's xAI, including social media platform X
SpaceX, xAI, and Grok logos


Google, Apple hosted dozens of deepfake nudify apps, investigation reveals
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Super Bowl conspiracy theorists found the latest 'evidence' the NFL rigged the 'script'
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White House adds AI-produced tears to image of arrested protestor
The arrest of Minnesota activist Nekima Levy Armstrong

Grok is producing millions of sexualized images of adults and children
A sign next to bus stop in London reads "Who the hell would want to use social media with a built-in child abuse tool?" and a photo of Elon Musk.

Threads has overtaken X in daily users, but only on mobile
Threads X

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
X logo on mobile device

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
A phone showing the Grok app held in front of a computer screen with the search "Grok remove clothes."

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
A hand holding a phone displaying the Grok logo.


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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