Brussels takes on X. Musk is threatened by gigantic penalties

Luc Williams

This is the first completed EC investigation regarding the social media platform – the German daily pointed out “Handelsblatt”.

What were the allegations concerned?

From December 2023, several proceedings have been pending against Platform X under the EU regulations on digital services – Digital Services Act (DSA). The EC’s allegations against Muska include non -compliance with the rules of advertising transparency, not providing researchers with sufficient access to data and misleading users by granting so -called “Blue Badge”, used to verify the accounts – we read in “Handelsblatt”.

What penalty is threatened by the X platform?

If EC will impose a penalty, Platform X is threatened with a fine of up to 6 percent. her annual global turnover. For X this may mean a financial penalty calculated in hundreds of millions of euros – it was emphasized.

Not only X in Brussels’s crosshair

“Handelsblatt” reminded that the X service – in accordance with the DSA principles – as a “very large platform” has special obligations in combating hatred and disinformation, and reducing the risk of addiction among young people. The EC investigation, in addition to platform X, also covers the finish – the owner of, among others Facebook and Instagram and Bytedance, managing the thicket.

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