
Amid rumors of Taylor Swift's upcoming album, The Tortured Poets Department, leaking online, certain keywords have been banned from a popular social media platform, X. Users were restricted from searching the phrase “Taylor Swift leak” on Wednesday, April 17, just two days before the album's official release date.
Snippets of songs purported to be from the album have been circulating on the internet, with speculation that they originate from a Google drive containing the entire TTPD record. Following the unauthorized online distribution of the music, Swifties, as Taylor Swift's fans are known, swiftly came to the pop star's defense.