EU considers increasing probe into Elon Musk's X: Report

Jan 14, 2025 02:39 AM IST

The EU began probing X, previously Twitter, in late 2023 over suspected breaches of obligations, partly referring to posts following Hamas’ assaults on Israel

The European Union is contemplating increasing its investigation into whether or not Elon Musk’s social media community X breached its content material moderation rulebook, Bloomberg Information reported on Monday, citing the bloc’s tech coverage chief.

EU’s scrutiny of the social media platform elevated in current months as Musk began endorsing far-right personalities. (REUTERS)

The EU began investigating X, previously Twitter, in late 2023 over suspected breaches of obligations, partly referring to posts following Hamas’ assaults on Israel, its first probe beneath the EU’s Digital Companies Act, or DSA.

“We’re presently assessing if the scope is giant sufficient,” European Fee Vice President Henna Virkkunen informed Bloomberg TV when requested concerning the ongoing X probe.

The bloc’s scrutiny into the social media platform elevated in current months as Musk, now an adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, began endorsing far-right personalities comparable to chancellor candidate Alice Weidel from the Different for Germany get together, forward of the nation’s Feb. 23 snap elections, in accordance with Bloomberg.

The fee is analyzing whether or not a live-streamed dialog between Musk and Weidel on X final week was unfairly boosted to present a politician a bonus, in violation of the DSA, the report mentioned.

Each X and the European Fee didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ requests for remark.

In July, EU tech regulators dominated that X breached European Union on-line content material guidelines and its blue checkmark deceives customers, which led to Musk saying that he seemed ahead to a “very public battle in courtroom in order that the individuals of Europe can know the reality.”

The costs by the European Fee, the primary issued beneath the DSA, adopted a seven-month-long investigation. The foundations require very giant on-line platforms and search engines like google to do extra to deal with unlawful content material and dangers to public safety.