United Kingdom, May 15 -- X has pledged to speed up its response to reports of illegal hate speech and terrorist content in the UK under new commitments agreed with communications regulator Ofcom.

The Elon Musk-owned platform said it would review reports submitted through its illegal content reporting tool within an average of 24 hours.

The company also promised to assess at least 85 per cent of reports within 48 hours.

Ofcom's online safety director Oliver Griffiths described the measures as "a step forward", particularly following recent religiously motivated attacks targeting Jewish communities in Britain.

The announcement follows the launch of an Ofcom compliance programme in December examining whether major social media platforms...