Elon Musk’s X rebuts EU allegations of ‘illegal’ content about the Israel-Hamas conflict
Arjun Kharpal
CNBC
Key Points
- Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, formerly known as Twitter, on Thursday laid out a how the social media platform is tackling potential illegal content related to the Israel-Hamas conflict.
- Top EU lawmaker Thierry Breton gave X 24 hours to respond to a notice in which he said there are “indications” that X is “being used to disseminate illegal content and disinformation in the EU.”
- X has “identified and removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts” since the start of the war, Yaccarino said.
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