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Coverage dated June 2, 2024

Elon Musk faces backlash over update to X adult content policy

Headline from Newsweek

In a new policy, the platform said that users should be able to share consensual sexual-themed content on X.

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7 articles, oldest first.

  1. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Musk's X is allowing users to post consensual adult content, formalizing a prior Twitter policy (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    The social media platform X says it will now formally allow people to show consensual adult content, as long as it is clearly labeled as such. The move makes official a policy already in place when the platform was known as Twitter, before billionaire Elon Musk purchased it in 2022.

  2. Newsweek

    Elon Musk faces backlash over update to X adult content policy (opens Newsweek)

    Published

    Newsweek's feed description

    In a new policy, the platform said that users should be able to share consensual sexual-themed content on X.

  3. Deadline

    Elon Musk’s X Updates Guidelines To Officially Allow Porn (opens Deadline)

    Published

    Deadline's feed description

    Elon Musk's X (fka Twitter) is now formally allowing users to post adult and graphic content on the platform, with some restrictions.

  4. Quartz

    X now allows porn — as long as it's 'consensually produced and distributed' (opens Quartz)

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    Quartz's feed description

    Users of Elon Musk's social media platform can now share adult content under certain circumstances

  5. New York Post

    Elon Musk’s X is allowing users to post consensual adult content — but there’s a catch (opens New York Post)

    Published

    New York Post's feed description

    The social media platform X says it will now formally allow people to show consensual adult content, as long as it is clearly labeled as such. The move makes official a policy already in place when the platform was known as Twitter, before billionaire Elon Musk purchased it in 2022.

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