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In 2023, Twitter underwent a significant rebranding, adopting the name X, after being acquired by Elon Musk in a high-profile deal in the previous year. Elon Musk took the company private and underwent a large sweep of leadership changes including layoffs and policy shifts. X has faced scrutiny over various issues, including content-moderation practices, the de-prioritization of accessibility features, data-privacy concerns, and its handling of user-generated content. | In 2023, Twitter underwent a significant rebranding, adopting the name X, after being acquired by Elon Musk in a high-profile deal in the previous year. Elon Musk took the company private and underwent a large sweep of leadership changes including layoffs and policy shifts. X has faced scrutiny over various issues, including content-moderation practices, the de-prioritization of accessibility features, data-privacy concerns, and its handling of user-generated content. | ||
==Consumer | ==Consumer impact summary== | ||
=== | ===Lack of privacy=== | ||
*X can read private messages sent through the platform.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-04-04 |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=2025-03-18 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=ToS;DR}}</ref> | *X can read private messages sent through the platform.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-04-04 |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=2025-03-18 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=ToS;DR}}</ref> | ||
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**Interactions such as likes and follows. | **Interactions such as likes and follows. | ||
=== | ===Lack of transparency=== | ||
Since the X's acquisition in 2022, X has faced a number of transparency concerns: | Since the X's acquisition in 2022, X has faced a number of transparency concerns: | ||
*In alignment with the downsizing of X, the communications department was unofficially disbanded. | *In alignment with the downsizing of X, the communications department was unofficially disbanded. | ||
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*As of February 2, 2023, X has discontinued free access to its Application Programming Interface (API). This was replaced with paid plans. | *As of February 2, 2023, X has discontinued free access to its Application Programming Interface (API). This was replaced with paid plans. | ||
=== | ===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|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|forced arbitration]] clause in its [[terms of service]]. This includes prevention against [[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/politicians, LGBT organizations, journalists, activists.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-06-08 |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 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-11 |work=Human Rights Watch}}</ref> | ||
==Consumer-protection incidents== | ==Consumer-protection incidents== | ||