X Platform Under Fire for Cash from Sanctioned Groups
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 6:20 pm
Elon Musk’s X is once again finding itself in hot water over its business dealings. Recent reports reveal that the platform has accepted payments from entities linked to sanctioned and terrorist groups, prompting eyebrows raised from Washington to Wall Street. Regulatory oversight appears as elusive as the platform’s checkmarks.
The billionaire's social media site is awash in extremist content from sanctioned terrorist groups, a report claims.
X has once again been accepting payments from people associated with terrorist groups and other entities subject to US sanctions, according to a new report from the Tech Transparency Project (TTP). According to the report, X has not only accepted payments in exchange for its premium service, but in…
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