EU investigates Musk's X, as harmful content surges from Israel-Hamas war

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.

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