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.

  • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈
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    487 months ago

    Elon is such a POS. Can’t believe I was moments away from putting a down payment on the Tesla 3 series when they were first being built. Fuck Musk.

    • @[email protected]
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      97 months 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.

        • @BB69
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          -57 months ago

          Sounds like you just weren’t ready for an EV

            • @BB69
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              -17 months ago

              You said elsewhere you’ll just buy another Civic so I doubt that.

      • magnetosphere
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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.

    • @corey389
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      17 months ago

      Look into a Hyundai ionic 5/6 or a Kia EV6, much better than a Tesla.

      • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈
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        37 months ago

        Nah, I’m sticking with my little Civic until it dies. Then find another Civic. Wash/repeat. If things go as I expect, I’ll only need one more in my lifetime.

        • @[email protected]
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          17 months ago

          Yup, same. A few months ago I was looking into trading my 12 accord for something newer with bluetooth since my car was worth more than when I bough it thanks to the surge in demand for used cars, but then I remembered it’s still got a lot of life in it and decided not to.

          • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈
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            07 months ago

            Yeah. I won’t even be able to buy a new Civic since they’ve stopped with the 2 doors. I’ll have to hunt down a 2020.

  • magnetosphere
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    187 months ago

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

  • @Deiskos
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    117 months ago

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

    • @[email protected]
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      47 months ago

      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.

  • Rbon
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    37 months ago

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

    • magnetosphere
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      27 months ago

      Yes. If I was the editor of a news publication, it would be “X, formerly Twitter” indefinitely.

    • Chozo
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      147 months ago

      Why suppress the news? Awfully Muskian thinking, imo.

    • @DoomBot5
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      -27 months ago

      Oh look someone spamming about musk. Let me downvote.

    • HeartyBeast
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      57 months ago

      You seem to be jumping to conclusions about where Breton believes the misinformation is coming from.

    • @NatakuNox
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      27 months ago

      You spelled Hamas wrong