Disinformation most active on X, formerly known as Twitter, EU says – BBC News

Image source, Getty ImagesBy Chris VallanceTechnology reporter, BBC NewsX, formerly Twitter, has the biggest proportion of disinformation of six big social networks, a European Commission study has suggested. It examined over 6,000 unique social media posts across Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, and YouTube.The study analysed content in three countries deemed particularly at risk to disinformation – Spain, Poland and Slovakia.The BBC has approached X for comment.”My message for [X] is: you have to comply with the hard law. We’ll be watching what you’re doing,” the EU’s Values and Transparency Commissioner Vera Jourova warnedThe disinformation study which prompted Ms Jourova’s comments covered Spain, Poland and Slovakia, countries at risk of being targeted by disinformation due to elections or proximity to the war in Ukraine.The platform with the largest “ratio of discoverability” of disinformation – meaning the proportion of sensitive content made up of disinformation – was Twitter. YouTube had the lowest, the study suggested.Disinformation CodeThe study was carried out by TrustLab, a disinformation monitoring start-up, as part of work to support the EU’s code of practice on disinformation.X, then called Twitter, along with many other social networks, signed up to the voluntary code in 2018.But the company withdrew from the
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