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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels

EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation

The European commissioner Věra Jourová
The European commissioner Věra Jourová: ‘The Russian state has engaged in the war of ideas to pollute our information space with half truth.’ Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA

The EU has issued a warning to Elon Musk to comply with sweeping new laws on fake news and Russian propaganda, after X – formerly known as Twitter – was found to have the highest ratio of disinformation posts of all large social media platforms.

The report analysed the ratio of disinformation for a new report laying bare for the first time the scale of fake news on social media across the EU, with millions of fake accounts removed by TikTok and LinkedIn.

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