Twitter was sued for posting antisemitic content online.

 

Two groups in Germany are suing Twitter, claiming that the social network did not remove six posts that attacked Jews and denied the Holocaust after they were reported.

After billionaire Elon Musk purchased the platform in October 2021, the posts were published.

However, the case has not been mentioned in his tweets, which now comprise the majority of the company's communications output.

Germany prohibits antisemitism and Holocaust denial.

Additionally, they contravene Twitter's own terms and conditions.

The business has been contacted by BBC News for comment.

"Twitter has betrayed our trust," tweeted Avital Grinberg, president of the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS), which, along with HateAid, initiated the civil action.

"The company fails to protect users, especially Jews, by allowing hateful content to spread."

The case will try to figure out if Twitter is legally required to remove such content.

Josephine Ballon, the legal head of HateAid, stated: Twitter promises that it will not allow violence on its platform. That must be something that users can rely on."

 

Massive fines In the year 2021, prior to Mr. Musk's acquisition of Twitter, the Campaign Against Antisemitism, with which it had partnered, stated that the company's policies were failing and that it had removed only 400 of 1,000 tweets containing content that denigrated Jews.

In the previous year, UK musician Wiley's tweets were criticized on Twitter for being removed too slowly; he later apologized for them, claiming that they "were looked at as antisemitic."

The then-prime minister Boris Johnson stated that social media platforms needed to "go further and faster to remove content like this."

Similar accusations have been leveled against other significant social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

If technology companies fail to swiftly remove hateful content, they would face significant fines under the UK Online Safety Bill.

Michelle Donelan, the secretary of culture, hopes that the bill will become law this summer.