Hate-speech failures by Meta and X undermine German election

Dear reader, 

Tomorrow the EU's largest member state will elect a new parliament. Disinformation and the role of social media has been much discussed in the run-up, and with good reason.

In the last days of the election campaign, a critical piece of research was conducted to see if Meta and X's systems were robust enough to block illegal ads filled with hate-speech and incitement to violence. 

They failed the test.

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