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European Union and Elon Musk tangled

Union intends to fine X 6% of its profits

Jul 5, 2024 10:11 137

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European Union intends to fine Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) 6% of its global profits until the end of the year for violating the new EU rules for controlling online content, the AG announced. Bloomberg, citing its sources

The agency notes that this decision is expected as part of an ongoing investigation against X for non-compliance with the EU Digital Services Act, which obliges internet platform operators to algorithmically remove content flagged as prohibited in the EU level and without court decisions. According to him, by the end of July, the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, who in the European Commission in particular leads the control of the media space and the efforts to militarize the EU industry, will announce the last official warning from the social network of Musk, followed by a fine until the end of the year.

Among other allegations, X freely distributed footage of the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack by Hamas militants against Israel on the social network and failed to block it in real time.< /p>