X agrees to crack down on illegal hate and terror content in the UK

British online safety regulator Ofcom says it has accepted new commitments from X that aim to better protect UK users from seeing illegal hate and terror content on the platform. Under the agreement announced today, X says it will withhold access in the UK to accounts reported posting illegal terrorist content and determined be operated by UK terror groups, and assess "at least 85 percent" of terror and hate speech reported by users "within a maximum of 48 hours."

X has also agreed to work with experts regarding reporting systems for illegal hate and terror content, and will submit quarterly performance data to Ofcom over the next 12 months …

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