X moves to hide post likes to 'protect your privacy'

Social media platform X has made likes by its users private.

“This week we’re making Likes private for everyone to better protect your privacy,” its engineering account announced Tuesday. “You will still be able to see posts you have liked (but others cannot). Like count and other metrics for your own posts will still show up under notifications. You will no longer see who liked someone else’s post. A post’s author can see who liked its posts.”