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Israel: Hundreds of Hamas-related accounts on X, has been removed by the social media platform saying there is no place on X for terrorist organisations. this action taken after the Hamas recent attacks on Israel.
The development has come after Hamas launched a surprise attack against Israel when it launched 5000 rockets towards the Israeli border and hundreds of its terrorists infiltrated the country. X’s CEO Linda Yaccarino announced Thursday the efforts made by X to control offensive content.
X CEO, Linda Yaccarino said, “X is committed to serving the public conversation, especially in critical moments like this and understands the importance of addressing any illegal content that may be through the platform. There is no place on X for terrorist organisations or violent extremists groups and we continue to remove such accounts in real time, including proactive groups.”
Warning the terror organisation, the Israeli PM said, “Hamas is ISIS and just as ISIS was crushed, so too will Hamas be crushed. Hamas should be treated exactly the way ISIS was treated. They should be spit out from the community of nations. No leader should meet them, no country should harbour them and those that do should be sanctioned.”
Yaccarino emphasized that after the attack X formed a leadership group to immediately assess the situation.Netanyahu on Thursday met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and thanked the United States for standing by them in such harsh times. Breton expressed concern over the alleged use of the platform to distribute illegal content and disinformation within the EU. Take more proactive measures to remove illegal content and address threats to public safety and civil discourse.
