The company formerly known as Twitter has faced heat from politicians in a combative hearing over X’s tackling of child abuse material, after the company restored an account that shared such material last month, despite claiming to have a “zero tolerance approach”.
At the end of July, a rightwing influencer account with over half a million followers shared an image of child abuse material on X, stating it was to draw attention to child exploitation. It garnered more than 3m views and 8,000 retweets before it was taken down and the account was suspended.
