via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBRUSSELS, Oct 10 (Reuters) - The EU's industry chief told Elon Musk that disinformation was spreading on his X messaging platform since Palestinian Islamist group Hamas' surprise attack on Israel, urging him to take counter-measures in line with new EU online content rules.
Thierry Breton said on Tuesday he had indications that X, formerly known as Twitter, was being used to disseminate illegal content and disinformation in the European Union.
"I therefore invite you to urgently ensure that your systems are effective and report on the crisis measures taken to my team," Breton told Musk in a letter dated Oct. 10 and seen by Reuters.
Responding to Breton's X posting, Musk said his company's policy was that everything is open source and transparent.
"Please list the violations you allude to on X, so that the public can see them," he said on X.
Persons:
Elon, Thierry Breton, Breton, Musk, Foo Yun Chee, Sudip Kar, Gupta, Mrinmay Dey, Chris Reese, Mark Heinrich, Jonathan Oatis
Organizations:
REUTERS, Rights, Twitter, European Union, Reuters, Digital Services, DSA, Thomson
Locations:
Rights BRUSSELS, Israel, Bengaluru