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X says you can block Grok from editing your photos - The Verge
Publisher description: X has introduced a new feature that makes it slightly harder for other users to manipulate your uploaded images with the Grok chatbot.
NewsAPI | Mar 9, 2026 | Jess Weatherbed
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As reported by Social Media Today and verified by The Verge, a new toggle within the image upload settings on the X iOS app says it can “block modifications by Grok” when enabled. The Grok blocker didn’t appear at any point during the X image upload process on the web in our testing. This is just one of several ways that X users can edit images with Grok, and the toggle did absolutely nothing to protect against the others.
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