The EU is urging Elon Musk to address rampant disinformation on X, formerly known as Twitter. The European Commission, an executive body of the EU, conducted a six-month study on the circulation of fake news across social media platforms.<\/p>\n
Chief among them was X, which was reported to have the highest rate of disinformation. Researchers considered discoverability, a term referring to the ratio of disinformation shown among \u201csensitive content.\u201d They also took note of account engagement and the overall number of users on a platform.<\/p>\n
When it comes to disinformation, \u201cTwitter has the highest discoverability,\u201d the report read.<\/p>\n
X notably decided to leave the EU\u2019s Code of Practice on Disinformation back in May. Since then, the app has rolled out its own user-run fact-checking system called Community Notes.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr Musk knows he is not off the hook by leaving the code of practice,\u201d European commissioner V\u011bra Jourov\u00e1 said in a speech.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are obligations under the hard law. So my message for Twitter\/X is you have to comply. We will be watching what you do.\u201d<\/p>\n