Elon Musk has hit out at the European Commission, claiming it tried to make an “illegal secret deal” with X over compliance with new EU rules to prevent online misinformation.
It comes as the Commission announced on Friday that Musk’s social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, had breached elements of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).
“The European Commission offered X an illegal secret deal: if we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us,” the billionaire tech mogul posted on X.
The DSA, a set of sweeping regulations that holds platforms — including Facebook, YouTube, and others — responsible for protecting European users and removing harmful content and misinformation, entered into effect in February this year.
Musk’s harsh words were in response to an earlier post from Margrethe Vestager, the outgoing Executive Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Competition.
In response to a separate post by European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton, Musk said: “We look forward to a very public battle in court, so that the people of Europe can know the truth”.
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Elon Musk has hit out at the European Commission, claiming it tried to make an “illegal secret deal” with X over compliance with new EU rules to prevent online misinformation.
It comes as the Commission announced on Friday that Musk’s social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, had breached elements of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).
“The European Commission offered X an illegal secret deal: if we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us,” the billionaire tech mogul posted on X.
The DSA, a set of sweeping regulations that holds platforms — including Facebook, YouTube, and others — responsible for protecting European users and removing harmful content and misinformation, entered into effect in February this year.
Musk’s harsh words were in response to an earlier post from Margrethe Vestager, the outgoing Executive Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Competition.
In response to a separate post by European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton, Musk said: “We look forward to a very public battle in court, so that the people of Europe can know the truth”.
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