X to block UK access to accounts linked to terrorist groups in Ofcom agreement

"X will block UK access to accounts that post illegal terrorist content and are linked to terrorist organisations proscribed by the UK government. It will also review, within 48 hours, at least 85% of illegal terrorist and hate content flagged by its illegal-content reporting tool. The UK's Online Safety Act aims to protect people in the UK from illegal content including terror and hate-related material."

"Following intensive engagement carried out by Ofcom's online safety team, X have committed to implementing stronger protections for UK users, which we will now monitor closely. Griffiths said the issue of online terrorist and hate content had become even more pressing in the wake of a spate of hate crimes committed against the UK's Jewish community."

"X will also review suspected illegal terrorist and hate content within 48 hours and seek expert advice on how to handle user reports of such content. The UK's media regulator, Ofcom, announced the commitments as part of a drive to ensure social media platforms have the right systems in place to deal with terrorist and hate material, amid concerns that dangerous content is still not being dealt with on large sites."

"Ofcom said it was continuing its investigation into X showing images manipulated with the Grok AI tool, also owned by Musk, to depict women and girls as partly unclothed. Danny Stone, the chief executive of the Antisemitism Policy Trust, said the agreement was a good start but that X was still failing in so many regards to tackle racism on its platform."

X pledged to block UK access to accounts linked to terrorist organisations proscribed by the UK government and to review suspected illegal terrorist and hate content within 48 hours. X will seek expert advice on how to handle user reports of such content. The commitments were made under an agreement with Ofcom as part of efforts to ensure social media platforms have systems to address terrorist and hate material. Ofcom will monitor the implementation and continue investigating X over images manipulated with the Grok AI tool to depict women and girls as partly unclothed. The Online Safety Act targets illegal content including terror and hate-related material. Some groups welcomed the commitments while others said X still fails to tackle racism effectively.

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