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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dan Milmo and Lisa O'Carroll

Social media urged to act on violent content after Hamas attack

Social media apps on a mobile phone
Michelle Donelan has said ‘we are taking action to stand in solidarity with Israel and our Jewish community’. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

The coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict on social media platforms has come under scrutiny from the UK government and Brussels, as tech firms including X and Meta were urged to deal with a surge in violent and misleading content on their sites.

In the UK, the technology secretary summoned social media executives on Wednesday to demand the removal from their platforms of violent content related to the Hamas attacks on Israel.

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