Elon is hiring 100 content mods to go after child abuse online. X also recently disabled Taylor Swift searches due to AI porn. Why host porn at all? Are explicit images that important to X's success?

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Elon is hiring 100 content mods to go after child abuse online. X also recently disabled Taylor Swift searches due to AI porn. Why host porn at all? Are explicit images that important to X's success?

Elon Musk’s X is in the process of hiring 100 content moderators for a new office in Austin, Texas, that will focus on fighting child abuse online on the social media platform, an executive said on Saturday.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/elon-musks-x-hire-100-content-moderators-in-austin-this-year

Elon Musk's X blocks searches for Taylor Swift after explicit fake pictures go viral

https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-fake-ai-images-searches-blocked-elon-musk-x-2024-1

>Elon Musk’s X is in the process of hiring 100 content moderators for a new office in Austin, Texas, that will focus on fighting child abuse online on the social media platform, an executive said on Saturday. https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/elon-musks-x-hire-100-content-moderators-in-austin-this-year >Elon Musk's X blocks searches for Taylor Swift after explicit fake pictures go viral https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-fake-ai-images-searches-blocked-elon-musk-x-2024-1

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Tumblr became irrelevant as soon as they started censoring nudes. Craigslist became irrelevant as soon as it blocked the personals. Who knows.

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I'd think twitter would fair better they have news, sports, pop culture users but yeah, who knows.

I guess I can see why they'd be hesitant to remove the content if it drives that much traffic.

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