The EU has issued a warning to Elon Musk over the alleged disinformation about the Hamas attack on Israel, including fake news and “repurposed old images”, on X, which was formerly known as Twitter.
The letter arrives less than two months after sweeping new laws regulating content on social media seen in the EU came into force under the Digital Services Act.
If Musk, the owner of X, does not comply he can face a fine of 6% of his revenues from X or a total blackout in the EU. » | Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels | Tuesday, October 10, 2023
X criticised for enabling spread of Israel-Hamas disinformation: Elon Musk endorsed users who have posted ‘wrong and unverifiable things’ while paid-for accounts spread fake news »
Guerre Israël-Hamas : Elon Musk rappelé à l’ordre par la Commission européenne pour le traitement du conflit sur la plate-forme X (ex-Twitter) : Le commissaire au numérique, Thierry Breton, a menacé, mardi, le réseau social de sanctions, sommant son patron, Elon Musk, de rendre des comptes sous vingt-quatre heures sur la circulation de fausses informations et d’images violentes liées au conflit en Israël. »
EU droht Musk mit Abschaltung von Plattform X: Der EU-Binnenmarktkommissar legt im Streit um die Verbreitung illegaler und terroristischer Inhalte auf X nach und leitet ein Verfahren ein. Auch Tiktok knöpft sich die Kommission vor. »
