The UK has called on social media companies for swift action to remove violent content influenced by the Palestinian group Hamas’s attacks on Israel. Cabinet Minister Michelle Donelan asked for an urgent meeting with the companies, which comes as the EU urged Elon Musk to tackle disinformation on his platform X. Users have shared false claims that a top Israeli commander had been kidnapped, circulated a doctored White House memo purporting to show President Joe Biden announcing billions in aid for Israel and pushed old and unrelated videos of Russian President Vladimir Putin with inaccurate English captions.
