X Is Cracking Down on Accounts That Rip Off the Work of Photographers and Other Creators

X is Cracking Down on Accounts That Rip Off the Work of Photographers and Other Creators

The social media platform X has announced it is cracking down on large accounts that rip off the work of smaller creators to game the revenue-sharing system.

Elon Musk's X Targets Copycat Accounts, Redirects Creator Payouts To Stop Viral Content Theft

X's revenue-sharing programme was being gamed. Large verified accounts profited from stolen videos while original creators earned nothing. That is changing.

Elon Musk’s X overhauls creator payouts, demonetizes stolen viral videos to crack down on engagement farming

Elon Musk's platform X is bringing in rules against large accounts that repost viral videos from smaller creators to earn revenue.

X looks to improve its incentives for original creators

The moves will also help X to clean up its data streams which power its AI projects.

X wants to stop creators from farming stolen viral clips for easy money

X is cracking down on repost accounts and content thieves by reducing payouts and shifting engagement credit back toward original creators.

X is cracking down on content thieves

X is reallocating impressions from reposts to the original creators to crackdown on aggregators.Richard Drury/Getty ImagesX's head of product, Nikita Bier, said the platform is cracking down on copycat creators.These users are "programmatically reuploading content from smaller accounts" for profit, he said.Bier says to use "Share Video" or "Quote" for proper attribution and to support original creators.X is introducing new strategies to rein in …