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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) 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>

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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) 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>
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