Elon Musk鈥檚 social media platform X has removed hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts and taken down or labeled thousands of pieces of content since the , according to the CEO of the company formerly known as Twitter.

Linda Yaccarino on Thursday outlined efforts by X to get a handle on . She was responding to a warning from a top European Union official, who requested information on how X is complying during the Israel-Hamas war with aimed at cleaning up social media platforms.

鈥淪o far since the start of the conflict X has identified and removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts from the platform,鈥� Yaccarino said in a letter posted on X.

The platform is 鈥減roportionately and effectively assessing and addressing identified fake and manipulated content during this constantly evolving and shifting crisis,鈥� she wrote in response to the , the digital enforcer for the 27-nation bloc.

Under the EU鈥檚 Digital Services Act, which took effect in August, social media companies have to step up policing of their platforms for illegal content, under threat of hefty fines.

鈥淭here is no place on X for terrorist organizations or violent extremist groups and we continue to remove such accounts in real time, including proactive efforts,鈥� Yaccarino said.

X has taken action to 鈥渞emove or label tens of thousands of pieces of content鈥� and pointed out that Community Notes 鈥� a feature that allows users to add their own fact-checks to posts 鈥� is 鈥渧isible on thousands of posts, generating millions of impressions.鈥�

Since billionaire Musk acquired Twitter last year and renamed it, experts say the platform has become not just , while a study commissioned by the EU found that it鈥檚 the for online disinformation.

Rivals such as TikTok, YouTube and Facebook also are coping with a about the Middle Eastern conflict, playing the typical whack-a-mole that erupts each time a news event captures world attention.

Kelvin Chan, The Associated Press