The European Commission has initiated a formal inquiry into X, previously known as Twitter, concerning its handling of material linked to Hamas’ aggression towards Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a notification, the Commission declared its intention to investigate whether X contravened the Digital Services Act in its management of misinformation and unlawful content on the network. The Commission is examining X’s effectiveness in enforcing Community Notes – annotations to specific tweets for contextual clarity – and policies addressing risks to civil discourse and election integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The launch of formal proceedings allows the Commission to pursue additional enforcement actions, such as provisional measures and non-compliance rulings,<\/em>” the notice stated. “The Commission can also accept any commitments from X to address issues raised in the proceedings<\/em>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The investigation will scrutinize X\u2019s blue check mark feature, perceived by the Commission as a “potentially misleading design” on the site. The European Commission has also identified “possible deficiencies” in X’s attempts to enhance transparency of publicly accessible data on the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n X’s proprietor, Elon Musk, instigated polarizing strategies at the social media behemoth after acquiring Twitter in 2022, inciting backlash from veteran users and industry insiders. As the then-CEO, he was responsible for downsizing Twitter’s trust and safety team, diminishing content moderation, and altering the iconic blue check verification process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Musk, using his personal account, shared antisemitic content by responding to a tweet endorsing extreme right-wing conspiracy theories. Media Matters, a watchdog organization, revealed in a November report that X’s advertising spaces for major companies could appear alongside contentious content under specific search conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a November discussion with Andrew Ross Sorkin, Musk confronted departing advertisers, claiming their departure could “destroy the company.” Subsequently, the social media platform, proclaiming itself a bastion of free speech, sued Media Matters, arguing the report misrepresented the average X user’s experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As of this writing, Musk had not publicly addressed the European Commission’s investigation. The ex-Twitter CEO, a prominent figure in the cryptocurrency world, is noted for promoting Dogecoin and other digital currencies, as well as Bitcoin acquisitions during his tenure at Tesla and SpaceX.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The European Commission has initiated a formal inquiry into X, previously known as Twitter, concerning its handling of material linked to Hamas’ aggression towards Israel.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3780,"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778\/revisions\/3780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoneblock.hr\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}