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EU opens investigation into X over alleged disinformation - The European Union announced today it is opening an investigation into X for allegedly spreading illegal content and disinformation, incl... (techcrunch.com)
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EU opens investigation into X over alleged disinformation - The European Union announced today it is opening an investigation into X for allegedly spreading illegal content and disinformation, incl...::The European Union is cranking up the heat on Elon Musk-owned X. Late Thursday, the Commission sent the company a formal request for more information -- The European Union announced today it is opening an investigation into X for allegedly spreading illegal content and disinformation, including terrorist and violent content and hate speech. Earlier this week, the EU warned X for failing to take action on illegal content on its platform after Saturday’s deadly attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These include footage filmed last month in Egypt and a clip that claims to show Hamas missile attacks on Israel but is actually from a video game.

In before someone starts circulating the Independence Day Movie clip of the White House getting blown up by aliens on X as if it were real news that actually happened and start blaming some specific group for it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Why do I get the feeling that the video game was ARMA 3. People somehow always fall for ARMA 3