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|Description=X Corp. is known for acquiring and rebranding Twitter and developing the AI model Grok.
|Description=X Corp. is known for acquiring and rebranding Twitter and developing the AI model Grok.
|Founded=2023
|Founded=2023
|Industry=Social media, Artificial intelligence
|Industry=Social Media, AI
|Logo=X Corp logo.svg
|Logo=X Corp logo.svg
|ParentCompany=X.AI Corp.
|ParentCompany=X.AI Corp.
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===Lack of privacy===
===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 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:
*Personal data collected include:
**Location data,
**Location data,
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===Censorship===
===Censorship===
*X has the ability to delete content without prior notice and without a formal reason.<ref name=":1" />
*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
*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>
|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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===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 [[wikipedia:Nitter|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>. 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> then months later, 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==
==References==
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