A European Commission study has revealed that X, formerly known as Twitter, has the highest percentage of disinformation among the six major social networks.
This study looked at more than 6,000 different social media posts from Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, and YouTube.
The analysis of content in three nations regarded as particularly prone to disinformation - Spain, Poland, and Slovakia - was undertaken.
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Vera Jourova, the EU's Values and Transparency Commissioner, had a stern message for [X]: compliance with the hard law is mandatory, and monitoring will take place.
The conclusions of the study which made Ms Jourova comment on the matter were based on research conducted in Spain, Poland, and Slovakia - countries vulnerable to disinformation activities due to impending elections or nearness to the conflict in Ukraine.
Twitter had the highest amount of disinformation when compared to discoverability, while Youtube had the fewest, as per the conclusion of the study.
TrustLab, a start-up focused on tracking disinformation, carried out a study in order to assist the EU's code of practice on the same issue.
In 2018, X (at that time known as Twitter) was among the social networks that opted into the voluntary code.
Despite Mr Musk being at the helm of the company, they pulled away from the code.
X will be regulated by the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) which controls the behaviour of big tech platforms - the EU plans to turn the voluntary code into a compulsory code of conduct under the act.
Ms Jourova declared that Mr Musk is not exempt from following the code of conduct, now that the Digital Services Act has been fully established.
Businesses that don't follow the law might be liable to penalties as high as six percent of their total sales revenue.
In September, the EU reprimanded social media firms for not halting "extensive" Russian disinformation drives after the invasion of Ukraine.
It was noted that in 2023 the "reach and impact of accounts supported by the Kremlin" had increased.
On Tuesday, Ms Jourova asserted that the Russian state has adopted a campaign of misinformation to corrupt our information platforms with partial truths and untruths in an effort to convince people that democracy is no better than autocracy.
Russia had set its sights on influencing Europeans with a "multi-million euro tool of mass control," and major social media outlets had to confront this menace, she remarked.
Ms Jourova noted the threat was particularly grave due to the war in Ukraine and upcoming European elections.
The commissioner remarked that efforts to confront AI-manufactured disinformation prior to the elections were in progress.
On Tuesday, she declared she would be consulting with the OpenAI reps regarding the matter.
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