X Defends Moderation Practices To EU Regulators

Politico Europe reports:

Social media giant X “strives to be the town square of the internet by promoting and protecting freedom of expression,” the Elon Musk-owned company told the European Commission in a legally mandated risk assessment made public on Wednesday. Under the Digital Services Act, very large online platforms (VLOPs) must evaluate and report on how they crack down on “systemic” risks, ranging from illegal content to threats to electoral integrity and users’ safety, stemming from the way their services are designed.

There is still a high “residual risk” of terrorist content, as “extremists” learn to bypass moderation efforts, and of disinformation, especially around elections, on the platform as “tactics evolve continuously and rapidly,” the company wrote, citing generative AI. Ellen Judson, an investigator at the nonprofit Global Witness, found it “extraordinary to see X itself admit that its services pose a high risk to democratic processes, even with its safety measures in place.”

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