The European authorities are preparing a sanction of over one billion dollars against X, the platform of Elon Musk. The fine would be linked to the violation of the EU standards against the illegal content and the disinformation. The announcement could arrive in the summer of 2025, according to what the New York Times.
Possible changes to the service
In addition to the economic sanction, the EU would ask X to make changes to its operation. A spokesman for the European Commission said: “We have always applied and we will continue to apply our laws in a fair way and without discrimination against all the companies operating in the EU “.
Elon Musk, owner of X, is one of the closest collaborators of Donald Trump. The final decision on the amount of the fine will perhaps take into account the tensions already existing between the EU and the US on duties and war in Ukraine. “After the election of Trump, the European regulation authorities slowed down the X investigation to evaluate potential repercussions, said a person – writes the NYT – more recently, with the intensification of commercial tensions with the United States, the authorities have decided to go on”.
What is the Digital Services Act
The DSA includes a fine of up to 6% of the global turnover. But the calculation against Musk would take advantage of a quibble of the European law according to which all the companies that Elon controls privately, such as Spacex, can be inserted in the cauldron, which would raise the potential sanction at well over billion euros.
X accusation of censorship
The platform defined EU actions as “censorship politics“And an attack on” freedom of expression “.” If the reports according to which the European Commission is evaluating contrast actions against X are accurate – reads a post – this represents an act of unprecedented political censorship and an attack on freedom of speech. X has done everything to conform to the EU digital services act and we will use every option at our disposal to defend our business, protect our users e protect freedom of speech in Europe “.
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