Ireland orders X, TikTok and Instagram to curb terrorist content

Regulator issues online safety ruling after finding weak processes leave networks exposed to terrorist content'

Elon Musk's X, TikTok and Meta's Instagram have been ordered by Irish media regulators to take necessary measures" to prevent terrorist content being platformed in order to comply with sweeping new online safety legislation.

The Irish media regulator, Coimisiun na Mean, said it issued the ruling after its investigations determined that the social media networks were exposed to terrorist content" due to weak processes.