A study commissioned by the European Commission found that “the reach and influence of Kremlin-backed accounts has grown further in the first half of 2023, driven in particular by the dismantling of Twitter’s safety standards.”

X’s failure to slow the spread of disinformation on the Internet would have violated E.U. social media law, had it been in effect

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