X, formerly known as Twitter, is making critical changes to the block feature amid criticism that people can now view content from accounts that had earlier restricted them.
“If your posts are set to public, accounts you have blocked can see your posts,” stated a Nov. 3 update on the social media platform’s Help Center. “However, they cannot engage (like, reply, repost, etc.) with your posts.”
Moreover, accounts cannot follow a blocked user and vice versa. Blocked users cannot send direct messages and add the accounts blocking them to their lists. They also cannot tag the persons blocking them. Blocking an account automatically unfollows it….