European Bureaucrats Launch Formal Probe Into Elon Musk’s X Over Not Censoring ‘Disinformation’
Posted on AllSides December 18th, 2023
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The European Union (EU) is launching a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s X — formerly Twitter — over not censoring content sufficiently. The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) went into effect in August, and it punishes “very large online platforms” (VLOPs) for hosting content that includes “disinformation” with penalties of up to 6% of their annual revenue. The EU is looking into X’s lack of censorship of “illegal content” and “disinformation,” as well as its advertising practices, according to the Monday announcement. (RELATED: Dems Moan About Elon Musk While Spending...
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