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Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) has played a major role in allowing Russian propaganda about Ukraine to reach more people than before the war began, according to a study released this week by the European Commission, the governing body of the European Union. X’s failure to slow the spread of disinformation on the Internet would have violated E.U. social media law, had it been in effect, reports Joseph Menn for the Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/01/musk-twitter-x-russia-propaganda