X blocked Taylor Swift search term ahead of album release
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Taylor Swift may rank among heads of state and K-pop idols as one of the world’s most influential people — influential enough to lead Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, to play a more hands-on role in moderating its content. The social media platform has taken a looser approach to censorship in recent years. Musk, who describes himself as a “free speech absolutist,” gutted the San Francisco tech company’s content moderation team when he took over, and the results showed. Hate speech has...

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