Elon Musk Is Trying To Distinguish X From Other Platforms By Allowing Adult Content – Brooke Duffy

Elon Musk’s X has come out to update its rules to officially allow adult and graphic content on the platform.

The move made official a policy already in place when the platform was known as Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk purchased it in 2022.

According to the website, users should be able to create, distribute, and consume material related to sexual themes as long as it is consensually produced and distributed.

X added that sexual expression can really be a legitimate form of artistic expression but the platform will restrict adult content for children and for adult users who choose not to see it.

A statement read, “We also prohibit content promoting exploitation, nonconsent, objectification, sexualization or harm to minors, and obscene behaviors. And we also do not allow sharing adult content in highly visible places such as users’ profile photos or banners.”

Brooke Erin Duffy, associate professor of communication at Cornell University, had this to say, “The platform’s move to allow ‘adult content’ dovetails well with the company’s post-Musk marketing strategy. X is unapologetically provocative and has sought to distinguish itself from ‘brand safe’ competitors.”

WOW.

Elon Musk FRS is a business magnate, industrial designer and engineer. He is the founder, CEO, CTO and chief designer of SpaceX; early investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink; and co-founder and initial co-chairman of OpenAI.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2018. Also that year, he was ranked 25th on the Forbes list of The World’s Most Powerful People, and was ranked joint-first on the Forbes list of the Most Innovative Leaders of 2019. A centi-billionaire, Musk became the richest person in the world in January 2021.

Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. His mother is Maye Musk (née Haldeman), a model and dietitian born in Saskatchewan, Canada, but raised in South Africa.

His father is Errol Musk, a South African electromechanical engineer, pilot, sailor, consultant, and property developer.