This letter arrives in the midst of growing alarm among researchers and fact-checkers regarding a surge in misinformation on X following the events surrounding the Hamas attacks in Israel.
Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesThierry Breton, an EU Commissioner, wrote an urgent letter to Elon Musk about his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, and its lack of content moderation. Breton noted a huge uptick in false information on the site following Hamas’ attacks on Israel over the weekend, and reminded Musk about the EU’s recently passed Digital Services Act—which went into effect in August and governs social media sites’ management of false information. The bloc is urging
The EU's top internet enforcer took to X, the rebranded Twitter, on Wednesday to trumpet a rival platform, as a duel with Elon Musk over disinformation ratcheted up.Over on Bluesky a rapidly-growing US platform led by former Twitter executives Breton so far has posted just once: a copy of the letter he sent to Musk giving the X owner 24 hours to respond with details on what he is doing to curb disinformation.
The European Union had backpedaled on its earlier announcement of suspending all payments to Palestinians after the Hamas attack on Israel. A diplomatic row had emerged after several nations including Belgium, Netherlands, Ireland and Spain voiced their dissent
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