Will-o’-the-wisp – Elon Musk’s company is under investigation by Brussels for violations of the Digital Services Regulation (DSA)
Accused of spreading false information, the social network X has been suspended in Brazil. The noose is also tightening in Europe, where the first sanctions could fall this fall.
The riots in the United Kingdom, sparked in early August by false rumors, were a reminder of the dangers of unregulated expression on the Internet. The suspect in the murder of three young girls had been wrongly presented as a Muslim asylum seeker. The fake news, relayed and amplified on social networks, including X, had triggered a wave of Islamophobic violence.
A case that could cost X dearly
In this context, the Digital Commissioner, Thierry Breton, sent a warning in mid-August to billionaire Elon Musk, owner of X. The social network is already the subject of an investigation by Brussels launched in December and which could result in fines of up to 6% of its global turnover. The European Commission should make its first decisions in a few weeks, or even months.
X has access to the file and can exercise his right to defense, since the platform was formally accused in July for violations of the Digital Services Regulation (DSA), the new EU legislation that should put an end to the sp(…) - 20minutes
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