{"id":2006147,"date":"2023-08-20T08:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T12:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-slapped-with-community-note-after-announcing-x-will-be-deleting-block-feature\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T08:58:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T12:58:36","slug":"elon-musk-slapped-with-community-note-after-announcing-x-will-be-deleting-block-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-slapped-with-community-note-after-announcing-x-will-be-deleting-block-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Receives Community Note for Announcing Removal of &#8216;Block&#8217; Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-slapped-with-community-note-after-announcing-x-will-be-deleting-block-feature%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2006147&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Elon \u200bMusk Faces Community Backlash After Announcing Removal of &#8216;Block&#8217; Feature on X<\/h2>\n<p>Elon Musk, the renowned entrepreneur, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-athletes-who-decided-to-get-political-and-failed-miserably\/\" title=\"6 Athletes Who Decided To Get Political\u2026 And Failed Miserably\">recently stirred<\/a> up controversy on X, formerly known as Twitter, when he \u200drevealed plans to eliminate the\u200c &#8220;block&#8221; feature from the app.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet on Friday, Musk \u2064stated, &#8220;Block is\u200c going to \u2062be deleted as a &#8216;feature&#8217;, \u2062except for DMs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Block is going to be deleted as\u200b a\u2064 \u201cfeature\u201d, except for DMs<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk)\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1692558414105186796?\">August 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This announcement prompted\u200b a swift response in the form of a community\u2064 note,\u200b which initially claimed that Musk was \u200dunable to \u2062remove the &#8220;block&#8221; feature due to\u200b Apple&#8217;s App Store and \u2064Google&#8217;s Play Store \u2062policies.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b note began with the statement, &#8220;Elon Musk cannot \u2064do this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The note also included \u2063two links \u2064\u2014 one to \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/app-store\/review\/guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple guidelines<\/a> \u2064and the other to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/googleplay\/android-developer\/answer\/9876937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Apple&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-slapped-with-community-note-after-announcing-x-will-be-deleting-block-feature\/\" title=\"Elon Musk Receives Community Note for Announcing Removal of 'Block' Feature\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-google-removes-parler-from-app-store-amid-reports-that-trump-is-joining-the-platform\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Google Removes Parler From App Store Amid Reports That Trump is Joining the Platform\">user-generated content<\/a>\u2063 section<\/a>, \u2062apps with user-generated content must have \u2064the ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-approves-returning-parler-to-app-store\/\" title=\"Apple Approves Returning Parler To App Store\">block abusive users<\/a> from the\u200b service.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should X delete\u2063 the block feature?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free\u200c of \u2063charge. 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You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 0% \u2064(0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 100% (2 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction \u200cffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name = \u2062cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie = decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca = decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i = 0; i <ca.length; i++) {\n\t\t\t\tvar c\u200c = ca[i];\n\t\t\t\twhile (c.charAt(0) == ' ') \u2062{\n\t\t\t\t\tc = \u200bc.substring(1);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tif (c.indexOf(name) == 0) {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn c.substring(name.length, c.length);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\treturn \"\";\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tfunction\u2063 ffp_setCookie(cname, cvalue, exdays) {\n\t\t\tvar d = \u200bnew Date();\n\t\t\td.setTime(d.getTime() + (exdays*24*60*60*1000));\n\t\t\tvar expires = \"expires=\"+ d.toUTCString();\n\t\t\tdocument.cookie = cname + \"=\" +\u2062 cvalue + \";\"\u200c + expires + \";path=\/\";\n\t\t}\n\n\t\twindow.ff_poll_voted = false;\n\n\t\tvar voted_cookie_name = 'firefly_voted_3447661';\n\n\t\tfunction ff_poll_submit(\u200c event ) {\n\t\t\tevent.preventDefault();\n\n\t\t\tvar fireflyPoll = jQuery( '#firefly-poll' );\n\t\t\tvar \u2063fireflyPollContainer = jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\n\t\t\tvar pollFormBox = jQuery('#pollFormBox');\n\n\t\t\tif( \u200bwindow.ff_poll_voted || ffp_getCookie( voted_cookie_name ) ){ return; 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pointed \u200bout that even\u200b Musk can receive a community note,\u2064 prompting Musk to respond, &#8220;True, however that\u2064 note is incorrect and the community\u200c already voted it away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">True, however that note is incorrect and the community already voted it away<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1692841803873964042?\">August 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A revised note no longer claims that Musk &#8220;cannot&#8221; make this\u2064 change, but it does highlight \u2063the\u2062 potential consequences of X removing the block feature, stating that it &#8220;could\u2064 lead \u200cto X \u200bbeing removed from these\u2063 platforms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jack Dorsey, the founder\u200c of \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gina-carano-haunts-woke-snow-white-actress-years-twitter-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, \u2062expressed\u200b support for Musk&#8217;s decision to eliminate the block feature.<\/p>\n<p>Dorsey used the\u2062 100 percent emoji and added, \u200b&#8221;mute only.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">. mute only.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack (@jack) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1692583743884509668?\">August 18,\u200b 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/using-twitter\/twitter-mute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mute<\/a> is an option that\u200b allows users to remove tweets from their \u2062timeline\u200b without \u2064blocking the account \u200dthey originated from.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who describes himself\u2062 as a &#8220;free speech absolutist,&#8221; has been dedicated to making changes on \u200bthe\u200c platform ever since it was \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/elon-musk-to-acquire-twitter-301532245.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that he would be\u200c acquiring it\u2062 in\u2063 April 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Free speech is\u2062 the\u200d bedrock of \u2063a \u2062functioning\u2064 democracy, and Twitter is\u2063 the digital town square \u2064where matters vital to the future of humanity are\u2062 debated,&#8221; Musk emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2063 also\u200c want to make Twitter \u2062better than ever by enhancing the \u2064product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, \u2062and authenticating all humans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Twitter has tremendous potential \u2063\u2014 I\u2063 look\u200b forward to working with the company and the \u2062community of \u2064users \u200dto unlock it,&#8221; \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-musk-zuckerberg-fight-details-nearly-set-italian-epic-location-worthy-gladiators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musk<\/a> \u2063 concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-slapped-community-note-announcing-x-will-deleting-block-feature\/\">Elon Musk Slapped with\u2063 Community Note After Announcing X Will Be Deleting &#8216;Block&#8217;\u2062 Feature<\/a> appeared first \u200don <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk faced community backlash on X (formerly Twitter) when he revealed intentions to eliminate the &#8220;block&#8221; 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