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X CEO Elon Musk (r) and EU single-market commissioner Thierry Breton (third from right) in Texas, US, last May (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

Musk's X 'particularly bad' on antisemitic content, EU says

Senior EU officials have called out US social-media baron Elon Musk for publishing antisemitic content — amid questions over the future of his X platform in Europe.

"We're seeing a dramatic rise of antisemitic content on online platforms, X, formerly Twitter, seems particularly bad at stepping up to this challenge," said EU values commissioner Věra Jourová on Wednesday (18 October).

"We're sending a clear signal — things have changed in Europe," said Thierry Breton, the EU single-...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

X CEO Elon Musk (r) and EU single-market commissioner Thierry Breton (third from right) in Texas, US, last May (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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