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Twitter commandeers @X username

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Twitter has reportedly taken over the @X username from a user who registered it over 16 years ago.

San Francisco-based photographer Gene X Hwang was not offered monetary compensation in exchange. Rather, he told media outlets he was offered some merchandise and to meet the management team.

Twitter recently rebranded as X.

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