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The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX has emerged as a major voice in American politics.
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The EU’s top digital official wrote to Elon Musk on Monday to remind him of his legal duty to prevent the spread of “harmful content” on X, hours before tech billionaire Donald Trump is due to be interviewed live on the platform. .
“With great audiences comes greater responsibility,” the bloc’s internal market commissioner Thierry Breton posted on X, with the letter outlining Musk’s obligations under EU law to tackle illegal content and disinformation. has gone
The European Union has an ongoing investigation into X, the first Twitter, under its landmark Digital Services Act (DSA) which requires digital firms to effectively police online content to protect consumers from harm.
“DSA obligations apply without exception or distinction to the entire user community and moderation of X’s content (including you as a user with over 190 million followers),” Bratton wrote to Musk.
Bratton said the warning was prompted by “the risk of potentially harmful content growing in the European Union,” referring to Musk’s upcoming Trump interview, and the far-right riots in Britain. Also referring to his recent inflammatory comments.
“We are monitoring potential threats in the EU that could combine with major political — or social — events around the world to fuel violence, hatred and racism,” he wrote.
“My services and I will remain extremely vigilant about any evidence that points to breaches of the DSA and will not hesitate to use our full toolbox, including the adoption of transitional measures, if the EU’s Citizens should be guaranteed to be protected from serious harm,” Bratton wrote.
The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX has emerged as a major voice in US politics but has been accused of harboring right-wing conspiracy theories since acquiring the platform formerly known as Twitter in 2022. has changed to a megaphone for
New analysis from the Center for Countering Digital Hate shows that Musk’s false or misleading claims about the US election have been viewed nearly 1.2 billion times on X.
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