While the events between Israel and Palestine were on the agenda of social media, X CEO Linda Yaccarino said that they removed hundreds of “Hamas-related accounts” and took steps to remove tens of thousands of content.
“WE CONTINUE TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT REQUESTS”
According to TRT Haber, in a letter written to European Commissioner Thierry Breton on Wednesday and published in X, it was said: “We continue to respond quickly to law enforcement requests from around the world, including EU member states.” .
In a statement to France Inter, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said that the Pharos platform, which is used to report illegal online content and behavior, has received more than two thousand reports since Saturday about content encouraging terrorism in connection with the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
European Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton also gave Mark Zuckerberg 24 hours on Wednesday to detail the measures Meta is taking to combat disinformation on its platforms.
In a statement sent to TechCrunch, Meta said that it had established a special operations center consisting of experts, including those who speak Hebrew and Arabic fluently, to closely monitor and intervene in the situation, and that the teams were working day and night.