Nikita Bier, X Head of Product, stated on January 30, 2026, before 10:45 AM UTC that the Chinese government floods X search results with pornography whenever political unrest occurs in China to prevent citizens from accessing real-time information. The claim appeared in an X post by @AutismCapital shared during the reporting window from 7:45 AM to 10:45 AM UTC, according to the source. Bier shared the information without providing specific examples of incidents or dates, as reported in the X post. No official statements from the Chinese government or X corporate communications confirming or denying the claim were issued within the 3-hour period. The report follows an unrelated massive fire at a furniture store in Taichung, Taiwan, reported earlier on the same date, with no connections noted between the events in available sources.
