The European Union is looking into whether Elon Musk’s online platform X breached tough new social media regulations in the first such investigation since the rules designed to make online content less toxic took effect. “Today we open formal infringement proceedings against @X” under the Digital Services Act, European Commissioner Thierry Breton said Monday in a post on the platform formerly known as Twitter. “It does not prejudge the outcome of the investigation.”
The European Union has opened its first-ever investigation under the Digital Services Act against Elon Musk-owned social media behemoth X, formerly Twitter, for alleged violations of the law.