Social Media Platform X Rolls Out New Calling Feature, Revealing User Locations

Strangers can now see the locations of users on X after the social media platform rolled out a new calling feature. Concerns have been raised by liberty groups and digital rights campaigners about the potential privacy and safety risks. The Information Commissioner’s Office emphasized the need for platforms to protect personal information. X’s new feature reveals a user’s IP address when they are called, potentially exposing their physical location and making them vulnerable to ‘doxxing’. The ability to disable the feature has also been met with reported difficulties.