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Taylor Swift Searches Restored on X After AI-Generated Explicit Images Scandal

The temporary block has been lifted as the social media platform promises to stay 'vigilant' about removing the graphic content.

The ability to search the pop star's name "has been re-enabled and we will continue to be vigilant for attempts to spread this content and will remove it wherever we find it," Joe Benarroch, X head of business operations, said in a statement (via Variety). It took nearly 24 hours before the fake photos were finally taken down, and the scandal prompted the actors' union SAG-AFTRA (Swift is a member) to condemn the "deeply concerning" attack. SAG-AFTRA continues to support legislation by U.S. Rep. Joe Morelle, the Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act, to make sure we stop exploitation of this nature from happening again.

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