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X/Twitter Temporarily Suspends ‘Taylor Swift’ Searches After AI Image Uproar

X/Twitter has blocked searches for "Taylor Swift" this weekend in response to the rash of explicit AI-generated images of the singer.

X/ has blocked searches for “ Taylor Swift ” this weekend in response to the rash of explicit AI-generated images of the singer that have drawn condemnation from Swifties, SAG-AFTRA, and the Biden White House. Starting Saturday — and as of press time Sunday — typing “Taylor Swift” in X’s search bar results in an error message that reads “Something went wrong. “While social media companies make their own independent decisions about content management, we believe they have an important role to play in enforcing their own rules to prevent the spreading of misinformation.

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