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UK media regulator says X promises to crack down on terrorist and hate content

The Independent·Kelvin Chan·17 days ago
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Elon Musk 's social media platform X has pledged to crack down on hate and terrorist content in Britain, the country's media regulator said Friday. Ofcom said X's public commitments include restricting access in the U.K. to accounts operated by or on behalf of terrorist groups that the country has banned. The platform also promised to review suspected illegal terrorist and hate content within 24 hours on average, and to assess 85% of the material no more than 48 hours after users have flagged it, officials said. A spokesperson for X in the U.K. did not respond to a request for comment. In response to concerns from some civil society groups that X failed to follow up after illegal content was flagged by users, X will engage with experts on how to improve its reporting systems, Ofcom said. X will submit quarterly performance data over a 12-month period so the regular can compare its performance against these targets.…

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