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X to make likes private as porn policy changes


Social media platform X hides likes to protect users' preferences, in a bid to improve privacy and reduce controversy.

In a recent post, Haofei Wang, the company’s director of engineering, said that the upcoming change aims to safeguard users’ public images. In this update, X announced it would accept consensually produced adult pornographic content, provided it is “properly labeled and not prominently displayed.” She has also contributed to the Guardian and received training at the BBC As an audience, trends, and SEO specialist, she has participated in panel events alongside Google.

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