X在2026年4月启动了对自动化帐号的大规模清理，从其公告可见，除打击机器人外，许多用来秘密浏览与收藏成人内容的真人帐户也一并被封。Jason Parham报导指出，拥有617,000名YouTube与Instagram共同追随者的Justin Diego在2024年建立的匿名「alt」帐号，平常只收藏和按赞OnlyFans相关作品，未曾发文，却在周末被停权，显示X清查机制下，长期累积的个人资料库可能在一次动作中消失。
该平台表示其政策禁止「削弱平台完整性的非真实行为」，因此私密帐号常被误判为为提高互动度而刷内容的垃圾号。Nikita Bier在4月9日写道，平台正以每分钟208个机器人（持续上升）的速度封锁帐号；而在10月，团队先前曾清除170万个机器人。另有透露指出近半产品团队转向反垃圾机制，导向更自动化的封锁流程，但人权与帐号真实性辨识仍出现明显错漏，使用者甚至以Change.org声称AI与LLM难以分辨两年付费且已完成身分验证的人类帐号与机器人。
结果是多个社群出现「多年经营内容被消失」的抗议，从6年帐龄的gooner帐号到高敏感族群都受牵连。虽然部分帐号获得恢复，但更多人仍被踢除且无法回复，显示X在打击垃圾讯号与保护使用者需求间的平衡仍未稳定。Alexander Monea指出，酷儿与跨性别社群对数位平台在性教育与社群建构上的依赖，使其在「去垃圾化」时特别易成为过度执法的受害者；Diego虽持有Premium，仍计划申诉并持续争取回复帐号。
X launched a large anti-bot purge in April 2026, and the cleanup has also removed many real accounts used to hide and curate porn content. As reported, Justin Diego—a creator with 617,000 combined followers on YouTube and Instagram—had a secret X account created in 2024 for tracking and saving OnlyFans content such as solo clips; it was suspended over the weekend despite being used only for private bookmarking and likes, illustrating how long-built user archives can be erased in one moderation wave.
X’s rule system targets "inauthentic activity that undermines platform integrity," so private accounts that are not publicly abusive can still be flagged as spam or engagement boosting. Nikita Bier said X was flagging about 208 bots per minute, rising, on April 9; in October the company had previously removed 1.7 million bots. The organization has also said nearly half of the product team has shifted to spam mitigation, increasing automated enforcement, but users report false positives and argue AI and LLM systems still fail to distinguish a long-paid, premium, ID-verified human account from a bot.
Users and creators describe losing years of curated content collections overnight. Some affected accounts are several years old (including a 6-year-old gooner account mentioned in posts), and appeals are only partly successful. Alexander Monea noted that LGBTQ+ and especially queer and trans communities, which rely heavily on digital platforms for sexual education and safe identity exploration, are especially vulnerable to blunt enforcement. Even with some reinstatements, many accounts remain suspended; Diego himself had Premium and still appealed unsuccessfully, then planned to continue fighting the suspension.