Twitter Disables Autocomplete After It Recommends Animal Torture and Mass Shooting Videos

Motherboard tried this itself and found that searching for “dog” suggested “dog screwdriver video” and “kittens” suggested “kittens in a blender.” Searching for “wagner,” would suggest “wagner hammer execution” and “texas” would suggest “texas mall video.” Some of these search terms would link back to uncensored videos matching this description on the platform. Twitter apparently “fixed” the problem by simply disabling autocomplete. As of this writing, both the desktop and mobile version of the app no longer autocomplete search suggestions.