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Elon Musk’s X hits out at Helen McEntee for ‘inaccurate’ claim about Garda contact over Dublin riots

Social media firm calls on justice minister to clarify remarks after she said X did not fulfil its own community standards during violence in the capital

Helen McEntee: Justice Minister had claimed that X did not engage with gardaí during the Dublin riots. Picture: Collins

X, formerly Twitter, has taken aim at Helen McEntee over what it calls “inaccurate” comments, after the justice minister claimed the platform did not engage with gardaí or enforce its own community standards during the Dublin riots.

The Elon Musk-owned company on Tuesday called on McEntee to clarify remarks she made in the Dáil last week about its response to the violence that took place in the capital city on November 23.

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