Elon Musk confirmó que las llamadas y videollamadas llegaron a X

Elon Musk says X, formerly Twitter, will have voice and video calls, updates privacy policy

Las nuevas funciones de la red social estarán disponibles en iOS y Android y en computadoras Mac y Windows. No requerirán el número de teléfono de los usuarios

La red social X (antigua Twitter) incorporará próximamente las llamadas y videollamadas, según Elon Musk. Esta novedad convertirá a la app en una «agenda de direcciones global» y que no requerirá el número de teléfono del usuario.

Por Europa Press – El dueño de X ha confirmado este jueves la llegada de las llamadas y videollamadas a X. Se trata de una función que el propio magnate ya anticipó en noviembre, cuando compartió sus planes sobre lo que entonces se conocía como Twitter 2.0.

Estas llamadas y videollamadas estarán disponibles en iOS y Android. También en ordenadores Mac y Windows, y no requerirán el número de teléfono de los usuarios. La intención es que X se convierta en «la agenda de direcciones global efectiva», como ha apuntado Musk en X.

En su día, Musk destacó que estas llamadas y videollamadas estarían encriptadas, para que «los usuarios se puedan comunicar sin preocuparse por su privacidad», y destacó el sistema de la aplicación Signal, aunque esta última sí requiere compartir el número de teléfono para comenzar a utilizarse.

La plataforma, hace algunos días, estuvo en tela de juicio porque tiene pensado eliminar los titulares que enlazan a textos informativos dentro de la red social.

Sitios de noticias, revistas y blogs se verían afectados. El movimiento fue advertido por medios especializados como Fortune, según reseña Wired. Ahora, Elon Musk, propietario de la plataforma, lo confirmó.

De acuerdo con el reporte de la revista estadounidense, las publicaciones de sitios de noticias eliminarán el título y el sumario de cada nota al ser compartidas en X. El servicio conservará únicamente la imagen principal del contenido; marcada con una pequeña leyenda que indica el sitio de procedencia.

Elon Musk says X, formerly Twitter, will have voice and video calls, updates privacy policy

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk said Thursday that his social network X, formerly known as Twitter, will give users the ability to make voice and video calls on the platform. Musk, who has a history of making proclamations about coming features and policies that have not always come to fruition, did not say when the features would be available to users.

The company also updated its privacy policies that will allow for the collection of biometric data and employment history, among other information.

Musk posted on the former Twitter that the site’s voice and video calls will work on Apple and Android devices as well as on computers, with “No phone numbers needed.”

Rival social platforms already offer voice and video calls. Meta, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, introduced voice and video calls on Messenger in 2015. Snapchat added them in 2016.

X did not immediately respond to a request for more details on the new features or when they will be available.

The platform’s new privacy policy, which goes into effect Sept. 29, tells users that based “on your consent, we may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security, and identification purposes.” It does not say what biometric information will be collected. Biometric data can refer to fingerprints, facial recognition and the like.

“The announcement is at least an acknowledgement that X will be doing what other social networks have already been doing in a more covert fashion,” said Stephen Wicker, a professor at Cornell University and expert on data privacy,

Two years ago, Facebook agreed to a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without the permission of its users.

“X’s announcement is an expansion of the ongoing farming of social network users for personal data that can be used for directed advertising,” Wicker said, adding that such data collection “continues to be a problem for the individuals that provide the data, while a source of wealth for those that take it.”

For users in the European Union, where sweeping regulation cracking down on Big Tech — known as the Digital Services Act — went into effect last week, X also added a new reporting tool for posts and advertisements that may violate the new rules. The feature is not available outside of the EU, where the rules do not apply.

In June, Twitter participated in a voluntary “stress test” to see if it was ready to cope with the DSA’s requirements that include protecting children online and detecting and mitigating disinformation, under both normal and extreme situations. European Commissioner Thierry Breton at the time noted the “strong commitment of Twitter to comply” with the DSA but added that “work needs to continue.”