{"id":17179,"date":"2025-04-03T21:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T21:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-u-prepares-major-penalties-against-elon-musks-x\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T21:45:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T21:45:02","slug":"e-u-prepares-major-penalties-against-elon-musks-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-u-prepares-major-penalties-against-elon-musks-x\/","title":{"rendered":"E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against Elon Musk\u2019s X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">European Union regulators are preparing major penalties against <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/17\/business\/eu-investigation-x-musk.html\" title=\"\">Elon Musk\u2019s social media platform X<\/a> for breaking a landmark law to combat illicit content and disinformation, said four people with knowledge of the plans, a move that is likely to ratchet up tensions with the United States by targeting one of President Trump\u2019s closest advisers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The penalties are set to include a fine and demands for product changes, said the people, who declined to be identified discussing an ongoing investigation. These are expected to be announced this summer and will be the first issued under a new E.U. law intended to force social media companies to police their services, they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">European authorities have been weighing how large a fine to issue X as they consider the risks of further antagonizing Mr. Trump amid wider trans-Atlantic disputes over trade, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/02\/business\/economy\/trump-tariffs.html\" title=\"\">tariffs<\/a> and the war in Ukraine. The fine could surpass $1 billion, one person said, as regulators seek to make an example of X to deter other companies from violating the law, called the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/22\/technology\/european-union-social-media-law.html\" title=\"\">Digital Services Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">E.U. officials said their investigation into X was progressing independently from tariff negotiations after Mr. Trump announced major new levies this week. The investigation <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_23_6709\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">began<\/a> in 2023 and regulators last year issued a preliminary ruling that X had violated the law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The E.U. and X could still reach a settlement if the company agrees to changes that satisfy regulators\u2019 concerns, the officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">X also faces a second E.U. investigation that is broader and that could lead to further penalties. In that investigation, two people said, E.U. officials are building a case that X\u2019s hands-off approach to policing user-generated content has made it a hub of illegal hate speech, disinformation and other material that is viewed as undercutting democracy across the 27-nation bloc.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe have always enforced and will continue to enforce our laws fairly and without discrimination toward all companies operating in the E.U., in full compliance with global rules,\u201d<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> <\/strong>a spokesman for the European Commission, the E.U.\u2019s executive branch, said in a statement, declining to comment specifically on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">X declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Officials in Brussels expect Mr. Musk, who has criticized European policies as a form of censorship, to fight any regulation. Last July, after the E.U.\u2019s preliminary findings were released, Mr. Musk <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThierryBreton\/status\/1811811489889517697?lang=en-GB\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> he looked forward to contesting any penalty in \u201ca very public battle in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That could set up a legal confrontation with wide-ranging ramifications. If Mr. Musk refuses to comply with E.U. orders to change his service, it may result in a standoff over how to get X to comply.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The X investigation has been closely watched as the first major attempt to enforce the Digital Services Act, which requires companies to better police their platforms and to provide adequate transparency about how their services work. The law has become a flashpoint in a trans-Atlantic debate about free speech, with Vice President JD Vance in February likening E.U. regulation to digital censorship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After Mr. Trump was elected, European regulators slowed down the X investigation to assess the potential fallout, one person said. More recently, as trade tensions with the United States intensified, the authorities decided to press ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Last year, European regulators <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_24_3761\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">concluded<\/a> that X was violating the law by refusing to provide data to outside researchers, making it difficult to measure how disinformation and other harmful material spreads on the service. The authorities also believe X has failed to provide adequate transparency about advertisers, or to verify the authenticity of users who pay to have a \u201cverified\u201d account, making the platform more vulnerable to abuse and foreign interference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The E.U. and X have been in discussions for months over the investigation. After the preliminary judgment against X last year, the company replied with hundreds of points of dispute that regulators have been working through to rebut, two officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">E.U. officials said the exact penalty against X would not be decided until closer to a final announcement. Under the Digital Services Act, companies can be fined up to 6 percent of global revenue, though regulators rarely pursue the largest-possible penalty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Unlike Google, Meta, Apple and Amazon, which are publicly traded, X is owned solely by Mr. Musk. E.U. regulators are considering using a piece of the law that lets them calculate a fine based on revenue that also includes other companies Mr. Musk privately controls, like his rocket maker SpaceX. That increases the potential penalty to well over $1 billion, one person said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">X is not the only tech company in the E.U.\u2019s cross hairs. Regulators are expected to announce penalties against Meta and Apple for violating a 2022 law, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/24\/technology\/eu-regulation-apple-meta-google.html\" title=\"\">the Digital Markets Act<\/a>, intended to boost competition in tech. Meta is also under <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_24_2664\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">investigation<\/a> for potentially violating the Digital Services Act by inadequately protecting minors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The investigations show that the E.U. plans to continue aggressive regulation of American tech giants. For more than a decade, the E.U. has investigated or fined U.S. tech giants including Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta for anticompetitive business practices, lax data privacy and weak oversight of user-generated content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">European tech regulation may have played a role in the size of the tariffs Mr. Trump announced this week against the E.U. In February, the White House <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2025\/02\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-issues-directive-to-prevent-the-unfair-exploitation-of-american-innovation\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">published a memo<\/a> warning that the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act were being scrutinized for unfairly targeting American companies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/03\/technology\/eu-penalties-x-elon-musk.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Union regulators are preparing major penalties against Elon Musk\u2019s social media platform X for breaking a landmark law to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[123,114,511,569,1258,98,510,219,932,118,113,109,111,125],"class_list":["post-17179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-computers-and-the-internet","tag-donald-j","tag-elon","tag-european-union","tag-freedom-of-speech-and-expression","tag-international-relations","tag-musk","tag-regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry","tag-rumors-and-misinformation","tag-social-media","tag-trump","tag-united-states-international-relations","tag-united-states-politics-and-government","tag-x-formerly-twitter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>E.U. 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