If you've ever experienced a bad breakup, harassment, or unwanted attention online, you're probably familiar with the block button. On mainstream social networks—Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram—it's ...

The block tool on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, will be removed, according to owner Elon Musk. “Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs,” Musk wrote in a ...

Elon Musk has made no secret that he’s not a fan of the block button. Now, X is changing how blocks work on its platform, though it’s (for now) stopping short of Musk’s wish of nuking the feature ...

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally circa 2010. If he was forced to pick a favorite ...

The mogul wrote on Friday that he would be removing the block button, while keeping the mute button for users. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer Elon Musk says the block button will be the next ...

Social media is best experienced when maintained like a bonsai tree. You must know which branches to let grow in your digital life, and which to cut. Over the past three months, I’ve become a master ...

Elon Musk says he will be removing the block function from X, formerly known as Twitter, in Friday’s episode of the social media platform’s rebrand. In response to an account asking users to sound off ...

Twitter may not be able to remove the block button after all. Last year, Elon Musk acquired Twitter and decided to begin completely overhauling not just the app, but the entire company. He laid off ...

For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors. Slack, the group ...

Gmail's new "Block" button, released Wednesday, is another example of the ever-increasing control consumers have over their inbox. Previously, Gmail users could mark unwanted emails as spam and, after ...

On the short-form blogging site Tumblr, the block post or ignore button is a gray hand-shaped icon located beneath each post that appears during a Tumblr tag keyword or blog username search.