X Fixes Bug That Mislabelled Posts As ‘Sensitive Media’: Here’s What Happened – News18

Elon Musk-run X on Monday mentioned it has fastened a bug that precipitated the platform to incorrectly label quite a few posts as ‘Sensitive Media’. According to the corporate, the vulnerability in its system flagged a number of real accounts.

“A bug in our system caused X to incorrectly label numerous posts as Sensitive Media,” the corporate posted. “We’ve fixed the underlying issue and are now working to remove labels from impacted posts, it added.

Musk also said that an “X spam/scam bot accidentally flagged many legitimate accounts” which was being fastened by the corporate. A follower reacted, saying that Musk may also repair the issue with the porn bots.

“Porn accounts should be flagged and there should be some kind of system where as a user, you can have in your settings to allow/not allow these flagged accounts to follow, repost or comment on a post,” the follower posted.

Another person commented: “Community Notes has also been hijacked. Fix that as well”.

Last October, the world’s richest man mentioned that with the intention to sort out bots, new X customers might want to pay $1 per yr to publish on the platform, though they will learn different posts without spending a dime.

The firm rolled out the take a look at of this new programme in New Zealand and the Philippines, earlier than it launches it globally.

X would require new customers in New Zealand and the Philippines to pay $1 to create accounts.

“Read for free, but $1/year to write. It’s the only way to fight bots without blocking real users,” Musk had posted. “This won’t stop bots completely, but it will be 1000X harder to manipulate the platform,” he added.

(This story has been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated news company feed – IANS)