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Europe gives Elon Musk 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation and violence on X, formerly Twitter (www.cnbc.com)
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A European regulator has issued Elon Musk a stern warning about the spread of illegal content and disinformation on X, formerly known as Twitter, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. Failure to comply with the European regulations around illegal content could result in fines worth 6% of a company’s annual revenue.

Thierry Breton, the European commissioner for the internal market, said in a letter addressed to Musk on Tuesday that his office has “indications” that groups are spreading misinformation and “violent and terrorist” content on X, and urged the billionaire to respond within a 24-hour period.

The letter comes after numerous researchers, news organizations and other groups have documented a rise of misleading, false and questionable content on X, creating confusion about the current conflict.

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[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago

This is how some people need to be dealt with - firm and quick deadlines, with consequences that are actually painful. Otherwise, you get 💩

[-] Deiskos@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Wow if only there was another war where musk helped spread misinformation, but I guess it only matters when israel is affected.

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago

This is referring a law that came into effect way after the invasion of Ukraine, this July.

Russian misinformation was already covered and Musk / Twitter specifically has been under investigation for it.

Also, Ukrainians / Russians aren't causing public disturbances across Europe right now while Mulims / Jews and their sympathizers are.

[-] Szymon@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Slava Ukrainia, Glory to the Heros

[-] Rbon@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago

Unrelated to the news, but I genuinely enjoy that news sites are referring to it as “X, formerly Twitter.” Such a stupid name change.

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Yes. If I was the editor of a news publication, it would be “X, formerly Twitter” indefinitely.

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