EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation
by Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels from Technology | The Guardian on (#6F2QM)
Musk is told his platform, now known as X, must comply with new laws designed to combat fake news and Russian propaganda
The EU has issued a warning to Elon Musk to comply with sweeping new laws on fake news and Russian propaganda, after X - formerly known as Twitter - was found to have the highest ratio of disinformation posts of all large social media platforms.
The report analysed the ratio of disinformation for a new report laying bare for the first time the scale of fake news on social media across the EU, with millions of fake accounts removed by TikTok and LinkedIn.
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