Elon Musk: Message caused confusion among X users. In a post on Meta Platform, the tech billionaire criticized Instagram for its online child safety policy. He also claimed that X has better safety protocols to ‘prevent child abuse.’ Many disagreed with his post, claiming that X is full of adult material unsuitable for children.
Although it’s a priceless tool for learning and connecting with people around the world, the internet can also be risky, especially for impressionable youth. Additionally, keeping children safe is a top need because most of them have access to smartphones. These websites run the risk of displaying offensive or unpleasant content, like comments that are aggressive, abusive, or sexual. In the middle of all of this, there has been a lot of talk over Elon Musk’s claim in a viral post that X has better safety mechanisms in place to ‘fight child exploitation.’
The tech tycoon criticized Instagram’s Meta Platform in a message for its policies protecting minors online. Musk’s X platform has come under fire from social media users for having unsuitable sexual content for younger audiences.
Post your family photos to X! We care and do more to fight child abuse than any other platform,’ wrote Elon Musk. He then added a meme with a scene from The Simpsons.
The first part of the photo features two men standing outside the facility with the caption, ‘Maybe some nice photos here.’ Interestingly, the sign above the door of the facility displays the Instagram logo.
The message was shared a few hours ago. Since then, it’s racked up nearly 14 million views — and counting. The part also received several comments from people.
What did X users say about Elon Musk’s post?
Many are understandably concerned about this tbh. Still need to get rid of all the porn bots and spam plaguing X,’ user X wrote.
‘Nobody should be posting pictures of their kids on the open internet,’ added another.
Most of my audience is young teenagers and every time I post something I have at least one ‘nu***’ in my bio. Not only that, people use popular hashtags to post violence and sex to get more impressions. I mean, cmon,’ a third chimed in.
‘I recently spent two years trying to get rid of all the pictures of my son. ‘I don’t like the ‘nu***’ under the picture of my toddler,’ said a fourth.’
‘No. Photos of my children will never be posted on the Internet,’ Viideswrote.
Most users concurred that no open internet is safe, despite what Musk claimed.
What are your thoughts on the recent post by Elon Musk exploring X on Meta?
