X CEO Linda Yaccarino has revealed that the platform has taken down a whole bunch of Hamas-affiliated accounts, and both eliminated or labelled tens of hundreds of items of content material had been in help of Hamas’ motion, or anti-semitic in nature
Linda Yaccarino, the Chief Government Officer of the X social media platform, introduced on Thursday that the corporate had taken important motion within the wake of the Hamas assault on Israel.
A whole lot of Hamas-affiliated accounts had been eliminated, and tens of hundreds of items of content material had been both eliminated or labelled.
This transfer was a direct response to a 24-hour ultimatum issued by Thierry Breton, the European Union’s trade chief, to Elon Musk.
The ultimatum demanded that Musk take measures to fight the dissemination of disinformation on X, previously often known as Twitter, in compliance with new EU on-line content material laws which have been put in place because the Hamas assault.
Breton stated he had indications that X was getting used to disseminate unlawful content material and disinformation within the European Union.
The lately carried out Digital Companies Act (DSA) requires giant on-line platforms, together with X and Meta’s Fb, to take away unlawful content material and to take measures to sort out the dangers to public safety and civic discourse.
X has redistributed sources and refocused inner groups to handle the quickly evolving state of affairs, Yaccarino stated, with out specifying the adjustments. She added that the Musk-owned firm assembled a management group to evaluate the state of affairs shortly after the assault.
“We wish to reiterate that we welcome further engagement with you and your team, including a meeting, to address any specific questions and look forward to receiving further specifics to which we can respond” Yaccarino stated within the letter to Breton, posted on X.
X has responded to greater than 80 take-down requests obtained within the EU inside required the timeline and has not obtained any notices from Europol relating to unlawful content material on the platform, the letter states.
Breton issued an identical warning to Meta on Wednesday, giving the corporate 24 hours to tell him of measures taken to counter the unfold of disinformation on its platforms following the assault on Israel.
(With inputs from company)