Elon Musk’s social media platform X has stripped headlines from news articles shared by users, in a move likely to further worsen relations with media groups.
The tycoon has long railed against the “legacy media” and claims X, formerly Twitter, is a better source of information.
However, he said the latest change was for “aesthetic” reasons — news and other links now appear only as pictures with no accompanying text.
The changes appear to have been introduced gradually this week.
Instead of seeing a headline along with a picture, users now see only a picture with a small watermark.
Some users have commented that it is now difficult to distinguish between news and other kinds of information, which is likely to raise questions about the trustworthiness of the site.
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