Swifties trying to find Taylor Swift content material on X will come up empty proper now. The pop star’s now not searchable on the social media platform.
These occurring X, previously Twitter, and typing Swift’s title will as an alternative be greeted with the message “Something went wrong. Try reloading.” On the backside of the search web page reads one other message, “Something went wrong, but don’t fret — it’s not your fault.”
It is unclear what went fallacious or why customers are getting the error messages. ET reached out to X for remark and acquired a response that learn, “Busy now, please check back later,” which is an improve from an auto-reply with a poop emoji.
In any occasion, the search bug on X comes simply days after specific AI-generated photographs of Swift surfaced on the social media platform earlier this week. It took practically 24 hours earlier than the pretend photographs have been lastly taken down, and the scandal prompted the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA (Swift is a member) to sentence the “deeply concerning” assault.
“The sexually explicit, A.I.-generated images depicting Taylor Swift are upsetting, harmful, and deeply concerning. The development and dissemination of fake images — especially those of a lewd nature — without someone’s consent must be made illegal,” the assertion learn. “As a society, we have it in our power to control these technologies, but we must act now before it is too late. 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. We support Taylor and women everywhere who are the victims of this kind of theft of their privacy and right to autonomy.”
It is unclear if making Swift unsearchable is linked to the since-removed specific AI-generated pictures. Neither Swift nor X CEO Elon Musk have spoken publicly in regards to the scandal.
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