The phrase 'sensitive content' has been trending on Twitter/X today, with users scratching their heads over being flagged for perfectly benign posts:
I see thousands of X accounts reporting shadowban, rapidly losing their viewership and their posts being throttled and flagged as “sensitive” even though their content was not deserving the warning label.
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) January 21, 2024
Does anyone know if @elonmusk was informed and is aware of this problem?
Sensitive Content is trending. Everyone is getting screwed with apparently. pic.twitter.com/mBywWMFigE
— Jes (@galexy70) January 21, 2024
Why did I just get notified that my last post was flagged for sensitive content? It's a picture of the sunrise 🙄
— Amanda Cotroneo (@amanda_cotroneo) January 21, 2024
Not a sunrise!!! How will we ever recover from that???
Why is almost every media post on my feed marked as sensitive content today?
— Logan Thorneloe (@loganthorneloe) January 21, 2024
It's a good question. Heck, even this writer got flagged for sharing a very mild (and hilarious) meme.
Is anybody else getting sensitive content warnings over bird and wildlife photos? It's absolutely bizarre. What has happened to this platform? @elonmusk #XIsBroken #sensitivecontent
— Michelle P 🐈⬛💙🏴 (@snowangelmrsp) January 21, 2024
A very large collection of my posts today were flagged as “sensitive content” despite being innocuous. Anyone else seeing this? I appealed them but this seems like some weird glitch
— Tech Witch 🥸 (@nerdgirldv) January 21, 2024
According to Twitter/X Safety, it was indeed some weird glitch:
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Today, a bug in our system caused X to incorrectly label numerous posts as Sensitive Media. We’ve fixed the underlying issue and are now working to remove labels from impacted posts.
— Safety (@Safety) January 21, 2024
Good to know. Now we can all get back to posting puppies and silly memes and yes, even pictures of the sunrise.
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