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The European Union has launched formal legal action against Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n
The bloc’s representatives have opened “formal infringement proceedings” against the billionaire’s platform, which he purchased in 2022.<\/p>\n
A document posted on X by Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner for Internal Market, outlines four alleged infractions the EU plans to investigate.<\/p>\n
The document follows up on investigations launched in October this year, with an uptick in terrorist and violent content observed following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict.<\/p>\n
The infringement proceedings will build on this, with officials investigating illegal content and disinformation, among other potential infractions of the bloc’s regulations.<\/p>\n
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READ MORE: <\/strong> Elon Musk urges Europeans to start having children again<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr Breton’s post included the first page of the document addressed to Twitter International Unlimited Company and planned investigations into X’s compliance with the EU’s Digital Services Act.<\/p>\n The initial alleged infractions include a breach of the platform’s obligations to counter illegal content and disinformation.<\/p>\n The other two, Mr Breton said, include a suspected breach of transparency obligations and a suspected deceptive design of X’s user interface.<\/p>\n Representatives for X – which has 112 million EU users – have denied the platform has infringed any regulations in a statement.<\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> A spokesman said the firm is “cooperating with the regulatory process” and that it is “important that this process remains free of political influence and follows the law”.<\/p>\n The statement added: “X is focused on creating a safe and inclusive environment for all users on our platform while protecting freedom of expression, and we will continue to work tirelessly towards this goal.”<\/p>\n Representatives have previously said the platform removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated X accounts following the EU’s October investigation, the first under its new tech rules.<\/p>\n
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