Musk's X has removed hundreds of Hamas accounts, CEO says
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Linda Yaccarino, the Chief Executive Officer for Elon Musk's X, responded to the letter from the European Commission on Thursday and said the company is taking action amid the war between Israel and Hamas.
Yaccarino, CEO of X, formerly known as Twitter, said the company has removed hundreds of accounts linked to Hamas and "taken action to remove or label tens of thousands of pieces of content" since Hamas attacked Israel this past weekend.
"We continue to respond promptly to law enforcement requests from around the world, including EU member states," Yaccarino wrote in her letter to Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner for Internal Market. "At the time of receipt of your letter, we had not received any notices from Europol relating to illegal content on our services."
"We wish to reiterate that we welcome further engagement with you and your team, including a meeting, to address any specific questions and look forward to receiving further specifics to which we can respond," Yaccarino added.
Earlier this week, Breton sent letters to X's Musk and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg, asking them stamp out illegal content and disinformation on their respective platforms and respond to his letter in 24 hours.
Meta (META) has not yet responded to Breton's request.
The Digital Services Act, or DSA, requires online platforms to remove illegal content from their platforms.
The DSA is separate from the continent's Digital Markets Act, which is concerned with antitrust issues.
Meta's Instagram and Facebook were recently listed among the 22 products and services that were designated by the European Commission as "gatekeepers" under the DMA. 

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