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X is committed to protecting the real-time global public conversation and safeguarding the platform for all of our users. As part of our crisis response protocol, we are taking additional measures to enforce our X Rules and policies and take action as fast as possible. As a reminder, abuse, harassment, hate, and threats of violence have no place on X. If you find posts or accounts that you believe violate X Rules, report them in the app. Our Safety team will review and take any necessary action, including removing content or suspending accounts. X’s Community Notes complement our Safety team during these critical moments by enabling contributors worldwide to add evidence-based context quickly to potentially misleading posts, helping to combat misinformation in real time, ensuring accountability, and building trust for all our users. For more information on our X Rules, policies, and range of enforcement options, please refer to our help pages. help.x.com/rules-and-poli… help.x.com/rules-and-poli… help.x.com/using-x/commun… help.x.com/rules-and-poli…

We strictly prohibit users from generating non-consensual explicit deepfakes and from using our tools to undress real people. xAI has extensive safeguards in place to prevent such misuse, such as continuous monitoring of public usage, analysis of evasion attempts in real time, frequent model updates, prompt filters, and additional safeguards.

Child safety is our top priority. While X, as a service, is not primarily for children, we take our responsibility very seriously for the young users who are here. We’re continuously improving our tools and policies to protect them to keep their children safer. Here are some of the ways we’re doing it: We have strict measures in place to protect minors: - Users under 13 cannot create accounts - Minor accounts are defaulted to 'Protected', which allows for more control of who can see their content - Sensitive media is restricted from minors - Location sharing is turned off by default - Advertisers cannot specifically target users under 18 years old - Where X is legally required to do so, we take a multi-faceted age assurance approach to verify or estimate user age and restrict prohibited content from known minors What ‘Protected’ means for 13-17 year olds: Under protected mode, the default for young people: -DMs are restricted to receive DMs from accounts they follow by default - A follow request is sent to approve or deny when someone new wants to follow them - Posts are only visible to approved followers - Followers cannot repost or repost with comment - Protected posts do not appear in third-party search engines such as Google - they are only searchable on X by the poster and their followers - Replies sent to accounts that are not following the minor will not be seen (only followers can see posts from protected accounts) We work closely with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to report suspected CSAM through their CyberTipline, enabling rapid investigation, takedown, and law enforcement action as necessary X is for everyone. Report any issues or concerns via our in-app tools or Help Center.

We’re proud to share that X has achieved our TAG Brand Safety Recertification for the third year in a row. Mike Zaneis, President & CEO, TAG on X’s new milestone: “By maintaining the rigorous standards of the TAG Brand Safety Certified program, X has demonstrated a meaningful commitment to protecting advertisers from ad misplacement and brand safety risks across its platform. TAG's certification standards give brands the confidence they need to invest in the digital advertising ecosystem, and X continues to show its leadership in upholding those high standards. We look forward to continuing to work with X to build a safer and more trustworthy environment for advertisers and users alike.” Read more here: tagtoday.net/certifications

As we observe Self Harm Awareness month, X’s Safety team continues to strengthen protections against harmful content. Key changes we’ve made to our Self-harm policy include: › Enhanced Detection: X is enhancing detection to spot predatory behavior targeting minors (especially those showing self-harm signs). Predatory accounts will be suspended and reported to law enforcement, where appropriate. Minors exhibiting self-harm behaviors and interacting with predatory accounts may also have their accounts suspended as a protective measure. › Tougher rules on graphic self-harm content: Graphic or gory images/videos showing cutting, self-injury, or self-harm without recovery context is not allowed as it can normalize harm or attract predators. › Improved signals to ensure supportive conversations about mental health are protected when they focus on recovery. Read more here - help.x.com/en/rules-and-p…

An update on how X maintains safety of X in times of crisis As part of X’s incident response protocol, X initiated proactive manual sweeps to identify and remove violative content in less than 3 hours from the initial strikes. These sweeps have been running 24/7 since the response was initiated, and are supplemented by working group meetings bringing together experts across our company. X is actively scaling its enforcement by building heuristics and Grok-based defenses that can detect and enforce against new forms of violative content that emerge on the platform. These defenses allow us to scale at speed, ensuring our users are protected in real time. Additionally, conflict-related Community Notes have been shown on more than 20K posts and have been seen more than 119M times so far, and still growing. X applies media matching to ensure notes written on misleading videos and images are automatically applied to other posts with matching media. X’s incident and crisis response are robust protocols designed and tested for events that may lead to widespread proliferation of potentially violative content on the platform. We continue to monitor trends on X and ensure content is authentic and users are engaging safely.

Today we are revising our Creator Revenue Sharing policies to maintain authenticity of content on Timeline and prevent manipulation of the program. During times of war, it is critical that people have access to authentic information on the ground. With today’s AI technologies, it is trivial to create content that can mislead people. Starting now, users who post AI-generated videos of an armed conflict—without adding a disclosure that it was made with AI—will be suspended from Creator Revenue Sharing for 90 days. Subsequent violations will result in a permanent suspension from the program. This will be flagged to us by any post with a Community Note or if the content contains meta data (or other signals) from generative AI tools. We will continue to refine our policies and product to ensure X can be trusted during these critical moments.

To help address automated reply spam, programmatic replies via POST /2/tweets are now restricted for X API. You can only reply if the original author @ mentions you or quotes your post. Non-replies will remain unchanged. Applies to Free, Basic, Pro, Pay-Per-Use. Note: Enterprise & Public Utility apps are not impacted. Details: devcommunity.x.com/t/update-to-re…

Tomorrow is Safer Internet Day! 🌍 Join schools and organisations around the world in promoting a safer, more positive digital experience for children and young people. Find out how you can get involved and connect with activities near you via your Safer Internet Centre: better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/saferintern… #SaferInternetDay #SID2026 #BIK

@cb_doge Anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content

X supports #SaferInternetDay and remains committed to protecting children on the platform. We maintain zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation—including AI-generated content—and enforce strict policies to keep minors safe and ensure a positive experience for everyone. Let’s keep building a better internet together.

We have open-sourced our new 𝕏 algorithm, powered by the same transformer architecture as xAI's Grok model. Check it out here:  github.com/xai-org/x-algo…

Transparency. Controls. Measurement. We’re excited to host our 2026 Brand Suitability Webinar - empowering brands with new tools for safety & reach on X. Join us Feb 26, 2pm - 3pm EST: Playbook deep dive + live demo.

We take action against illegal content on X, including Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), by removing it, permanently suspending accounts, and working with local governments and law enforcement as necessary. Anyone using or prompting Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content. For more information on our policies, please refer to our help pages for our full X Rules and range of enforcement options.  help.x.com/en/rules-and-p… help.x.com/en/rules-and-p…

X has zero tolerance for users abusing our platform to facilitate criminal conduct. Pursuant to that policy, X has cooperated with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (@FBILosAngeles) in connection with an investigation into DDOS attacks and other hacking activities. As a part of this effort, X has suspended @NoName05716 for its facilitation of criminal conduct. X will continue to collaborate with law enforcement entities worldwide to protect our users and the integrity of the X platform.

Looking forward to welcoming hardcore engineers for our @xai hackathon tomorrow, 24h to build the future Also hyped to eat the delicious dinner by 3 Michelin star chef Christopher Kostow 🙏

live at xAI hackathon!📍 over 500 handpicked devs. only a few hours in & many great projects built already. 1st place winners for each track include an all expensed trip to starship launch. 🚀🚀🚀

Today, as part of our effort to make our platform transparent, we are open-sourcing the latest code used to recommend posts on the For You timeline. Our algorithm is always a work in progress. We will continue to refine our approach to surface the most relevant content to our community. github.com/twitter/the-al…

Introducing Grok 4 Fast, a multimodal reasoning model with a 2M context window that sets a new standard for cost-efficient intelligence. Available for free on grok.com, grok.x.com, iOS and Android apps, and OpenRouter. x.ai/news/grok-4-fa…