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|Description=X Corp. is known for acquiring and rebranding Twitter and developing the AI model Grok.

|Founded=2023

|Industry=Social ~~media~~, ~~Artificial intelligence~~

|Industry=Social Media, AI

|Logo=X Corp logo.svg

|ParentCompany=X.AI Corp.

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===Lack of privacy===

*X can read private messages sent through the platform.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |author= |date=4 Apr 2025 |title=X - ToS;DR |url=https://tosdr.org/en/service/195 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250318073339/https://tosdr.org/en/service/195 |archive-date=18 Mar 2025 |access-date=13 Feb 2026 |website=[[Terms of Service;Didn't Read]]}}</ref>

*X uses personal data collected from its website for third-~~part~~ advertisements.

*X uses personal data collected from its website for third-party advertisements.

*Personal data collected include:

**Location data,

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===Censorship===

*X has the ability to delete content without prior notice and without a formal reason.<ref name=":1" />

*X has a binding [[forced arbitration]] clause in its [[terms of service]]. This includes prevention against [[Class action|class-action lawsuits.]]<ref name=":1" />

*X has a binding [[forced arbitration]] clause in its [[terms of service]]. This includes prevention against {{Wplink|Class action|class-action lawsuits.}}<ref name=":1" />

*X complied with requests and local censorship of people who are critical of Erdogan such as other political parties and politicians, LGBT organizations, journalists, and activists.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Joint Open Letter to Social Media Companies on Censorship in Türkiye |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/08/joint-open-letter-social-media-companies-censorship-turkiye

|website=Human Rights Watch |date=8 May 2025 |access-date=11 Aug 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250916171447/https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/08/joint-open-letter-social-media-companies-censorship-turkiye |archive-date=16 Sep 2025}}</ref>

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As a response to the increased backlash, X released a feature to opt out of sharing data by navigating four different menus (Settings⇒Privacy and Safety⇒Data Sharing and Personalization⇒Grok⇒Allow your posts as well as your interactions, inputs, and results with Grok to be used for training and fine-tuning).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=Jay |title=Here’s how to stop X from using your posts to train its AI |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206904/x-grok-ai-train-turn-off |website=The Verge |date=26 Jul 2024 |access-date=4 Apr 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726163920/https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206904/x-grok-ai-train-turn-off |archive-date=26 Jul 2024}}</ref> This setting being on by default is an example of a [[dark pattern]].

=== Breakage of proxies (2023 - present) ===

===Breakage of proxies (2023 - present)===

Twitter/X has taken many measures (such as the removal of "Guest" accounts) ~~to block the use of~~ proxies, such as Nitter<ref><nowiki>https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/30/twitter-now-requires-an-account-to-view-tweets/</nowiki></ref><ref>https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/919</ref><ref><nowiki>https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/983</nowiki></ref>. ~~This~~ has gotten to the point that the main developer gave up.<ref><nowiki>https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/1155#issuecomment-1913361757</nowiki></ref> ~~Later~~, ~~the developer~~ decided to continue, by supporting regular account types.<ref><nowiki>https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/discussions/1212</nowiki></ref>

Twitter/X has taken many measures (such as the removal of "Guest" accounts, and [[Forced account|login requirement]]) against proxies, such as [[wikipedia:Nitter|Nitter]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carvajal Sarabia |first=Chema |date=2024-02-19 |title=You can no longer access Twitter without an account: Elon Musk has won |url=https://en.softonic.com/articles/you-can-no-longer-access-twitter-without-an-account-elon-musk-has-won |website=Softonic}}</ref><ref><nowiki>https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/30/twitter-now-requires-an-account-to-view-tweets/</nowiki></ref><ref>https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/919</ref><ref><nowiki>https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/983</nowiki></ref>. It has gotten to the point that the main developer of Nitter gave up,<ref><nowiki>https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/1155#issuecomment-1913361757</nowiki></ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brodkin |first=Jon |date=2024-02-15 |title=Twitter front-end Nitter dies as Musk wins war against third-party services |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/twitter-front-end-nitter-dies-as-musk-wins-war-against-third-party-services/ |access-date=2026-03-19 |website=Ars Technica}}</ref> then months later, decided to continue by supporting regular account types.<ref><nowiki>https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/discussions/1212</nowiki></ref>

==References==

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 |Description=X Corp. is known for acquiring and rebranding Twitter and developing the AI model Grok.
 |Founded=2023
-|Industry=Social media, Artificial intelligence
+|Industry=Social Media, AI
 |Logo=X Corp logo.svg
 |ParentCompany=X.AI Corp.
@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
 ===Lack of privacy===
 *X can read private messages sent through the platform.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |author= |date=4 Apr 2025 |title=X - ToS;DR |url=https://tosdr.org/en/service/195 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250318073339/https://tosdr.org/en/service/195 |archive-date=18 Mar 2025 |access-date=13 Feb 2026 |website=[[Terms of Service;Didn't Read]]}}</ref>
-*X uses personal data collected from its website for third-part advertisements.
+*X uses personal data collected from its website for third-party advertisements.
 *Personal data collected include:
 **Location data,
@@ Line 33: / Line 33: @@
 ===Censorship===
 *X has the ability to delete content without prior notice and without a formal reason.<ref name=":1" />
-*X has a binding [[forced arbitration]] clause in its [[terms of service]]. This includes prevention against [[Class action|class-action lawsuits.]]<ref name=":1" />
+*X has a binding [[forced arbitration]] clause in its [[terms of service]]. This includes prevention against {{Wplink|Class action|class-action lawsuits.}}<ref name=":1" />
 *X complied with requests and local censorship of people who are critical of Erdogan such as other political parties and politicians, LGBT organizations, journalists, and activists.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Joint Open Letter to Social Media Companies on Censorship in Türkiye |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/08/joint-open-letter-social-media-companies-censorship-turkiye
 |website=Human Rights Watch |date=8 May 2025 |access-date=11 Aug 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250916171447/https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/08/joint-open-letter-social-media-companies-censorship-turkiye |archive-date=16 Sep 2025}}</ref>
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 As a response to the increased backlash, X released a feature to opt out of sharing data by navigating four different menus (Settings⇒Privacy and Safety⇒Data Sharing and Personalization⇒Grok⇒Allow your posts as well as your interactions, inputs, and results with Grok to be used for training and fine-tuning).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=Jay |title=Here’s how to stop X from using your posts to train its AI |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206904/x-grok-ai-train-turn-off |website=The Verge |date=26 Jul 2024 |access-date=4 Apr 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726163920/https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206904/x-grok-ai-train-turn-off |archive-date=26 Jul 2024}}</ref> This setting being on by default is an example of a [[dark pattern]].
-=== Breakage of proxies (2023 - present) ===
+===Breakage of proxies (2023 - present)===
-Twitter/X has taken many measures (such as the removal of "Guest" accounts) to block the use of proxies, such as Nitter<ref><nowiki>https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/30/twitter-now-requires-an-account-to-view-tweets/</nowiki></ref><ref>https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/919</ref><ref><nowiki>https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/983</nowiki></ref>. This has gotten to the point that the main developer gave up.<ref><nowiki>https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/1155#issuecomment-1913361757</nowiki></ref> Later, the developer decided to continue, by supporting regular account types.<ref><nowiki>https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/discussions/1212</nowiki></ref>
+Twitter/X has taken many measures (such as the removal of "Guest" accounts, and [[Forced account|login requirement]]) against proxies, such as [[wikipedia:Nitter|Nitter]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carvajal Sarabia |first=Chema |date=2024-02-19 |title=You can no longer access Twitter without an account: Elon Musk has won |url=https://en.softonic.com/articles/you-can-no-longer-access-twitter-without-an-account-elon-musk-has-won |website=Softonic}}</ref><ref><nowiki>https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/30/twitter-now-requires-an-account-to-view-tweets/</nowiki></ref><ref>https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/919</ref><ref><nowiki>https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/983</nowiki></ref>. It has gotten to the point that the main developer of Nitter gave up,<ref><nowiki>https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/1155#issuecomment-1913361757</nowiki></ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brodkin |first=Jon |date=2024-02-15 |title=Twitter front-end Nitter dies as Musk wins war against third-party services |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/twitter-front-end-nitter-dies-as-musk-wins-war-against-third-party-services/ |access-date=2026-03-19 |website=Ars Technica}}</ref> then months later, decided to continue by supporting regular account types.<ref><nowiki>https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/discussions/1212</nowiki></ref>
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