Meta and X have validated hateful and discriminatory advertisements, the accusations are serious

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EKO researchers tested Meta and X advertising validation systems by subjecting violent content against minorities. The advertisements contained in particular insults against Muslims, calls to imprison migrants in concentration camps, incentives to gas them and IA images showing mosques and burned synagogues.

Validated advertisements despite hateful content

X approved the ten hateful advertisements submitted a few days before the elections, while half was validated by Meta for a display on Facebook and, potentially, Instagram. The other five were refused for the risks of political interference.

Among the advertisements approved by Meta, some contained messages qualifying Muslims as “virus”,, “vermin”describing them as “rapists” And calling for their death or forced sterilization. An advertisement calling for fire synagogues for “Stop the agenda of globalist Jewish rats” was also validated.

X approved additional advertisements insulting migrants and accusing Jews of lying on climate change to destroy the West, accompanied by an image generated by Anti -Semitic. She showed men in the shadows around a table where gold bars were placed, with a David star on the wall.

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EKO researchers disabled all advertisements before their broadcasting. Their study reveals major flaws in the advertising moderation of platforms, particularly in X, where the validation of ten hateful advertisements questions the level of control.

The situation also raises questions about respecting digital services Act (DSA) in Europe. According to Eko, the Meta AI moderation is faulty. The organization points the finger Recent policy of “Free speech” by Mark Zuckerbergwhich has softened the policy of moderation.

Brussels opened DSA surveys against Meta and X concerning electoral security and illegal content. The platforms are exposed to fines of up to 6 % of the world's annual turnover. A sanction that could heavily impact X, already in financial difficulty.

EKO calls on regulators to take strong measures, such as imposing pre -electoral restrictions and deactivating profiling recommendations. The organization also alerts to a possible pressure from the Trump administration to soften European regulations on technological giants and accuses X of blocking access to the data necessary for the evaluation of electoral risks.