Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Wednesday, October 11th, 2023.

I'm Brian McCullough. Today the EU is warning Elon Musk over X content related to the Israel Hamas war, the biggest

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of tech. The European Union is warning Elon Musk that X could face penalties under the DSA

for hosting quote illegal content and disinformation end quote about the Israel

Hamas war quoting CNN in a letter address to ex-owner Elon Musk Terry Breton a top European commissioner, said X faces, quote, very precise obligations

regarding content moderation and that the company's handling of the unfolding conflict so far

has raised doubts about its compliance.

As a platform subject to Europe's Digital Services Act or DSA, X could face billions in fines

if regulators conclude that violations have occurred.

X didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

The warning letter highlights X's potentially vast legal exposure

as it battles a wave of bogus claims linked to the war that have been

attributed to everything from fake White House press releases to false news reports

and out-of-context videos from unrelated conflicts or even video games.

Much of the problematic content appears to stem from platform changes made under Musk's supervision.

Berton suggested in the letter which he shared on X.

For example, he wrote, X announced over the weekend that it was making it easier for accounts

to qualify for newsworthiness exceptions to its platform rules.

The change to X's public interest policy made it so that accounts no longer require a minimum of 100,000 followers to qualify.

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