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Mashable<\/em> reports<\/a> that users on X, formerly known as Twitter, have seen unlabeled ads in their feeds while scrolling through the company\u2019s mobile apps. When users tap them, they\u2019re taken to other websites, with no way to block or report them. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Unlike normal ads that are just posts from company X accounts and have an \u201cAd\u201d label, these new ones have no account associated with them. Here, this post shows what they look like<\/a>:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n If you\u2019re just scrolling, the embedded image and clickbait-style text might make you think it\u2019s just another post. A \u201cprofile\u201d picture made from the embedded image completes the illusion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Here are some examples posted by users:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Neither I nor my colleagues at The Verge<\/em> have seen the new ads in our own feeds. Mashable <\/em>writes that the format isn\u2019t in X\u2019s ad campaign manager, but \u201cit appears these ads are actually being served by a third-party ad provider.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n