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Michael O'Herlihy @michaelo

Head of Safety at @X. San Francisco, CA Joined July 2008
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James Burnham @BurnhamDC

14 hours ago

Last week, @X sued several people who abused Creator Revenue Sharing by operating a coordinated network of accounts, posting inauthentic content to manipulate engagement, and using multiple bank accounts to hide their scheme. We do not tolerate fraudulent behavior on X -- and will act forcefully to protect our platform and the earnings of genuine creators. You can read our lawsuit here: transparency.x.com/assets/legal/2…

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20 hours ago

@EagleNSparrow2 @EagleAndSparrow @elonmusk @X @Safety Have escalated to the team.

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2 days ago

@BasilianThought @joeclark Sent it to the team to review.

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Michael O'Herlihy @michaelo

2 weeks ago

Glad to be back at X as Head of Safety. Focus: keep people safe across our products and AI systems, protect free expression, and make Safety more transparent.

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2 days ago

@aa2on @Support @elonmusk @deckerlesscarbs Have escalated to the team.

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4 days ago

@jaredcwilson Sent to the team to review.

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5 days ago

@Brian_Boroimhe @urmadd1e87 Escalated to the team.

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6 days ago

@julfedorin @juliafedorin @X Have escalated to the team.

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a week ago

@miss_c40 The team reviewed and locked down the account. Thanks for reporting.

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a week ago

@SimplestBTCBook @asanoha_gold @jack @elonmusk @nikitabier We have locked down the account, and are attempting to complete verification so that we can get the account back to Alex.

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a week ago

@TimechainArtMag @paintwithalexs @X @Support The team have locked down the account and are attempting to complete verification to get the account back to the rightful owner.

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Michael O'Herlihy @michaelo

a week ago

@LouAZMerrijul @truth_ac @KettlebellDan Have escalated to the team.

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a week ago

@TishaAreoLadle @pirate_wings @Support @elonmusk @X The user did regain access to their account earlier today.

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a week ago

@BamaSaltyMarine That’s a scam, ignore it. X won’t put your account on hold through a notice like that, and we don’t resolve cases through random “dispute staff” DMs/chat apps. Don’t message them. Report the account/message as a scam.

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a week ago

We take seriously our responsibility to protect minors. X has zero tolerance for CSAM, including AI-generated CSAM. As an industry leader, we actively report and block users who violate our Terms of Service, which absolutely prohibit all forms of child sexual exploitation, including posting or engaging with child sexual abuse material. So far this year, we have reported 1.3 million cases to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Additionally, we employ industry-leading tools and processes to protect minors, including: - We scan media against known-CSAM hash libraries (including hashes from NCMEC and partners such as IWF) using industry tools such as PhotoDNA alongside proprietary detection. We run models at post-creation time (LLMs and custom classifiers, legal/policy-reviewed) and conduct manual Child Safety operations reviews to catch CSE/CSAM that isn’t already in a hash set. We also run proactive keyword and media sweeps, plus heuristics that are partially or fully automated, when signals indicate possible CSAM. - Apparent CSAM leads to removal, and we have permanently suspended over 780,000 users in the past month alone, with ban-evasion controls. Whenever we become aware of apparent CSAM (including AI-generated CSAM), we report it to NCMEC. AI-generated CSAM is enforced under the same Child Sexual Exploitation policy as non-generative CSAM. We also continuously improve hash coverage, classifiers, and review workflows because this threat is ever evolving and highly adversarial. - We have also brought and will, if necessary, continue to bring lawsuits against users who have intentionally circumvented safeguards to generate this despicable content. In the first half of 2026 alone, X Corp made more than 1.3 million reports to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, resulting at least 543 arrests - Finally, we are an active member of the Tech Coalition, an alliance of global tech companies who are working together to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse online. Tech Coalition is an invaluable resource to understand the best practices and new approaches used across the industry to detect and prevent the sharing of CSAM. It allows member companies to share best practices, challenges and new insights that ensure that we are up-to-date when it comes to trends related to these high severity violations.

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Michael O'Herlihy @michaelo

2 weeks ago

@madelinelawren @nikhilbhima The account had been suspended.

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2 weeks ago

@theezillionaire @CantTameFire @fabio1976ai @grok Have escalated to the team.

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2 weeks ago

@JoshuaBarzon26 @farmingandJesus @JoshuaBarzon @elonmusk @nikitabier Escalated to the team.

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2 weeks ago

@AndrewCurran_ Glad the team were able to help.

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Michael O'Herlihy @michaelo

2 weeks ago

@nosrepekafa Already working on this. Clearer why when a post is labeled, and a way to challenge it when you disagree.

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Michael O'Herlihy @michaelo

2 weeks ago

@ValidScience The team reviewed that September 2025 post. One of the images included sensitive media, so it was correctly labeled.

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