TECH - EU Launches Investigation Into X's Potential DSA Violations Amidst Ongoing Disinformation Concerns | Benzinga
Troubles for Elon Musk‘s X are mounting. The social network is now under formal scrutiny by the European Union (EU), following possible violations of the Digital Service Act (DSA).
What Happened: The EU has officially initiated an investigation into X, focusing on potential breaches of the DSA regulations.
The European Commission announced in a press release that the investigation will concentrate on four major areas. These encompass the propagation of unlawful content, the effectiveness of X in combating misinformation, the transparency of the platform, and the potentially misleading layout of X’s user interface.
“The higher the risk large platforms pose to our society, the more specific the requirements of the Digital Services Act are,” remarked Margrethe Vestager, EU Executive Vice-President. Vestager further stated that the EU takes any infractions of its regulations very seriously and that ...