{"id":1298,"date":"2023-10-15T04:18:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T04:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connectwithfund.com\/news\/europe-gives-tiktok-ceo-24-hours-to-respond-about-israel-hamas-war-misinformation\/"},"modified":"2023-10-15T04:18:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T04:18:29","slug":"europe-gives-tiktok-ceo-24-hours-to-respond-about-israel-hamas-war-misinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/connectwithfund.com\/?p=1298","title":{"rendered":"Europe gives TikTok CEO 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-6\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-6-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>European regulator Thierry Breton shared a stern letter to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on Thursday, claiming his office has &#8220;indications&#8221; that the platform is being used to distribute disinformation and illegal content around the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>Breton serves as the European commissioner for the internal market. He said TikTok must be &#8220;timely, diligent and objective&#8221; about removing misinformation, particularly since minors often turn to the platform as a source of news.<\/p>\n<p>Breton issued similar letters to X owner Elon Musk and <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-4\">Meta<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> CEO Mark Zuckerberg\u00a0this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First, given that your platform is extensively used by children and teenagers, you have a particular obligation to protect them from violent content depicting hostage taking and other graphic videos which are reportedly widely circulating on your platform, without appropriate safeguards,&#8221; Breton wrote in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>Under the European Union&#8217;s newly enacted\u00a0Digital Services Act, TikTok must monitor and remove\u00a0illegal content<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>such as terrorist content or illegal hate speech. TikTok also has to detail its protocols for doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Failure to comply with the European regulations around illegal content could result in fines worth 6% of a company&#8217;s annual revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Breton called on TikTok to step up its efforts and contact proper law enforcement authorities. He asked Chew to respond to his letter within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;TikTok has a particular obligation to protect children and teenagers from violent content and terrorist propaganda \u2014as well as death challenges &amp; potentially life-threatening content,&#8221; Breton said in a post on Bluesky Social, a competitor to X, formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>A TikTok spokesperson said that the company has received the letter and intends to respond. The spokesperson also directed CNBC to resources about how the platform is fulfilling its DSA commitments.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Breton urged Musk to detail X&#8217;s crisis measures since his office had received reports of &#8220;violent and terrorist&#8221; content as well as &#8220;fake and manipulated images&#8221; on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>X CEO Linda Yaccarino responded Thursday and said that after Hamas&#8217; attack on Israel, the company &#8220;assembled a leadership group to assess the situation&#8221; and has &#8220;identified and removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts&#8221; since the start of the war, according to a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlobalAffairs\/status\/1712341036872380679\" target=\"_blank\">letter<\/a>\u00a0she posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Breton urged Zuckerberg to be &#8220;vigilant&#8221; about removing disinformation on his company&#8217;s platforms<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>during the ongoing\u00a0Israel-Hamas war\u00a0and ahead of upcoming elections. Meta owns popular social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook, as well as Threads, the company&#8217;s X competitor.<\/p>\n<p>A Meta spokesperson told CNBC that the company is &#8220;working around the clock&#8221; to keep its platforms safe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After the terrorist attacks by Hamas on Israel on Saturday, we quickly established a special operations center staffed with experts, including fluent Hebrew and Arabic speakers, to closely monitor and respond to this rapidly evolving situation,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-relatedContent\" id=\"RegularArticle-RelatedContent-1\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-container\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-nonCollapsibleContent\">\n<h2 class=\"RelatedContent-header\">More CNBC coverage of the Israel-Hamas war<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/10\/12\/europe-gives-tiktok-24-hours-to-respond-about-israel-hamas-war-misinformation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European regulator Thierry Breton shared a stern letter to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on Thursday, claiming his office has &#8220;indications&#8221; that the platform is being used to distribute disinformation and illegal content around the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Breton serves as the European commissioner for the internal market. He said TikTok must be &#8220;timely, diligent and objective&#8221; about removing misinformation, particularly since minors often turn to the platform as a source of news. Breton issued similar letters to X owner Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg\u00a0this week. &#8220;First, given that your platform is extensively used by children and teenagers,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Europe gives TikTok CEO 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation | ConnectWithFund<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"European regulator Thierry Breton shared a stern letter to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on Thursday, claiming his office has &quot;indications&quot; that the platform is\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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