Elon Musk’s X has agreed to strengthen protection for UK users against terrorist content as well as antisemitism and other hate speech, Britain’s media regulator said Friday, after repeated attacks on the country’s Jewish community triggered mounting regulatory pressure.

Under the agreement, Ofcom said the social media platform will review suspected illegal hate and terrorism-related posts within 24 hours on average, and assess at least 85 percent within 48 hours.

Danny Stone, chief executive of the Antisemitism Policy Trust, said the commitments were “a good start” but that X was still “failing in so many regards” to tackle racism.

X — which regularly says it enforces bans on terrorist groups and hateful content — did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The platform had promised to restrict access in Britain to accounts operated by or on behalf of organizations banned under UK terrorism laws, and will submit quarterly performance data to Ofcom over the next year, the regulator added.

X would also engage external experts to improve its reporting systems after concerns from civil society groups that flagged content was not always clearly received or acted on, Ofcom said.

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