The European Commission has opened an investigation into X, Elon Musk's social media platform formerly known as Twitter. The move comes after Brussels ordered X, as well as rivals Meta and TikTok, to act quickly to tackle the spread of disinformation, which has surged on each of these platforms since Hamas's deadly attack on Israel.
The conflict is the first major test of the EU's Digital Services Act, which forces internet giants to tackle harmful content or face massive fines.
A letter from X CEO Linda Yaccarino wasn't enough to avert further scrutiny from the EU's executive branch, which has now given the platform until next Wednesday to provide more information about its response to the crisis.
In this edition of Tech 24, we also talk to Dan Brahmy, the CEO of Cyabra, an Israeli cybersecurity firm which says "one in four" profiles posting about the war on these platforms were fake, out of millions of posts it analysed.
