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By Maura Zurick
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After the European Union issued a stern warning to Elon Musk, saying that his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, has been spreading disinformation and "violent and terrorist content," the billionaire businessman fired back.
Thierry Breton, EU's commissioner for internal market, wrote a letter to Musk regarding the social media platform on Tuesday, stating that he had indications that X was being used to disseminate illegal content and disinformation in Europe about the Hamas attack in Israel over the weekend. Breton alleged that disinformation includes "repurposed old images" and "military footage that actually originated from video games."
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Breton told Musk that he needed to have "proportionate and effective mitigation measures to tackle the risks to public security and civic discourse stemming from disinformation."
Breton's warning comes as new laws regulating social media content seen in the EU took effect under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
"Let me remind you that the Digital Services Act sets very precise obligations regarding content moderation," Breton wrote in the letter addressed to Musk, which was also posted on X Tuesday afternoon. "First, you need to be very transparent and clear on what content is permitted under your terms and consistently and diligently enforce your own policies. This is particularly relevant when it comes to violent and terrorist content that appears to circulate on your platform."
Musk replied directly to Breton's post on X sharing the warning, saying the platform's policy is "everything is open source."
"Our policy is that everything is open source and transparent, an approach that I know the EU supports," Musk said. "Please list the violations you allude to on 𝕏, so that that [sic] the public can see them. Merci beaucoup."
Newsweek reached out via email to representatives for X on Tuesday night, who responded with: "Busy now, please check back later."
If Musk does not comply with the requirements set by the DSA, the company can face a fine of 6 percent of the revenues from X or a total blackout in the EU.
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