Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many women use the 'block' feature on social media to protect themselves from being directly threatened with abuse and violence.

Elon Musk’s X has been modified so that accounts you’ve blocked on the social media platform can still see your public posts. X updated its Help Center page over the weekend to explain how blocking ...

TikTok has new parental controls called Family Pairing. Parents can link teens' accounts to change various settings. Parents can now block accounts directly. TikTok has upped its parental controls ...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a decision that's ruffled feathers for some users, accounts you've blocked on X, formerly Twitter, can now view your posts despite being blocked. This change applies to accounts ...

Elon Musk’s X has been modified so that accounts you’ve blocked on the social media platform can still see your public posts. X updated its Help Center page over the weekend to explain how blocking ...

Many users opposed this feature from X when they first talked about it, particularly when its owner, Elon Musk, introduced the feature to the public, saying that this defeats the purpose of the ...