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Why X's new terms of service are driving some users to leave


Elon Musk's X implemented new terms of service that are driving some users off the microblogging platform.

X has come under heightened scrutiny because of its new terms, which say that any content on the service can be used royalty-free to train the company's artificial intelligence large language models, including its Grok chatbot. The terms state that if users request, view or access more than 1 million posts – including replies, videos, images and others – in any 24-hour period they are liable for damages of $15,000. X's new terms of service are a "disturbing move that the company should reverse," said Alex Abdo, litigation director for the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, in an October statement.

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