Elon Musk faces fresh scrutiny over claims of disinformation on his social media platform X amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.

The billionaire was sent an open letter by European Commissioner Thierry Breton calling on him to take action.

Mr Breton said he had received “indications that your platform is being used to disseminate illegal content and disinformation in the EU”.

Mr Musk quickly responded on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying the platform’s policy “is that everything is open source and transparent, an approach that I know the EU supports”.

He asked for the EU to list the violations and ended the exchange “Merci beaucoup”.

Earlier this week, the Tesla and SpaceX chief executive was accused of promoting antisemitism after recommending Twitter users follow an account that has repeatedly disparaged Jewish people for updates on the attack on Israel.

He later deleted the tweet. 

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