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Social media is
with information and graphics about the
events in Israel and Gaza. There are concerns about how much of the content posted online is
. The European Union has just opened an
into the social media site X,
known as Twitter. The EU says there is an alarming
of posts containing false information on X. EU officials have expressed
that X was, "being used to disseminate illegal
and disinformation". X has until the end of next week to answer a
of EU questions about this content. Failure to satisfactorily address these issues could lead the EU to impose a fine on X of up to five per cent of the company's daily
turnover.