Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- A new study has revealed that social media giants Meta and X approved advertisements containing violent hate speech against Muslims and Jews in the lead-up to Germany's federal elections.

The research, conducted by corporate responsibility group Eko, tested the platforms' ad review processes by submitting ads with inflammatory content, including calls for violence and AI-generated images depicting mosques and synagogues being burned.

The findings showed that most of the ads were approved within hours. X allowed all ten ads submitted, while Meta approved five and rejected the rest.

The rejected ads were flagged for potential political or social sensitivity.

However, the ads that were approved contained language that...