Musk’s X Probed by EU Over Violent Content About Hamas Attack

Elon Musk’s X faces further intense scrutiny in the European Union after regulators demanded answers over concerns about “illegal” and even “terrorist” content on the social media platform.

The European Commission late Thursday said it sent X a formal request for information under its strict new digital content management rules following indications about the potential terrorist and violent content.

X, formerly known as Twitter, received a one-week ultimatum — until Oct. 18 — to respond to regulators’ questions about “the activation and functioning” of its crisis-response protocol, and will have to respond on other questions by Oct. 31, the ...