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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      1 year ago

      All billionaires are pieces of shit. Whatever you vehicle you decided to buy instead, you’re just supporting a different piece of shit billionaire.

      You just feel better about it because you don’t hear about them in the news every day.

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        It’s kinda like voting. Often, the choices are bad vs. worse.

        If some billionaire generally keeps to himself but is a nightmare for his staff and personal assistant to deal with, then sure, he’s a piece of shit. Musk goes out of his way to negatively influence society, mistreat his employees at all of his businesses, and encourage terrible behavior in others. He’s a much bigger piece of shit.

        One choice is bad, but that doesn’t mean it’s okay to make an even worse choice.

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

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

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      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.

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