Elon Musk says X will let blocked accounts still see user posts


A number of those responding to Musk’s post said the block feature was commonly used to tackle real world safety concerns, with several noting that many women use the feature to protect themselves from being directly threatened with abuse and violence. — AFP

LONDON: Elon Musk has said social media platform X plans to scale back how its blocking tool works, so that blocked accounts will still be able to view a user’s public posts, but not engage with them.

Currently, when an account blocks another on the site, it prevents the blocked user from being able to view any activity on the other’s profile, as well as interact with any of their posts.

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