The European Union Digital Services Act
was popular As part of a regulatory strategy to “prevent the spread of illegal and harmful activity and disinformation online.”
In reality, the DSA
considered Described by critics as a “censorship law,” the law is becoming a cudgel that vindictive mainlanders wield against Elon Musk and his relatively open social media platform, X.
There are now indications that the European Commission is planning to target Musk personally and impose a monster DSA fine for violating the regulator's content moderation rules on X.
After many months,
investigation European Commission regarding alleged violations of the DSA announced On July 11, X said it may have committed breaches in “areas related to dark patterns, advertising transparency, and data access for research.”
“We expect a very public fight.”
The committee complained that:
- Anyone on X can subscribe and get a blue checkmark, but this somehow “negatively affects the trustworthiness of accounts and users' ability to make free, informed decisions about the content they interact with.” ”.
- X does not have a “searchable and trusted ad repository”.
- X “prohibits qualified researchers from independently accessing public data through methods such as scraping.”
Commission spokesman Thomas Renier indicated in a statement that additional violations are under consideration.
obtained According to TechCrunch, “There is no exact timeline.” [the EU completing all its DSA probes of X]And the commission continues to investigate the remaining two alleged violations: illegal content and more general information manipulation. ”
Musk has indicated he will contest the findings.
Tweet“We look forward to a very public battle in court so the people of Europe know the truth.”
The Commission states that a non-compliance decision finding that X is in breach of Articles 25, 39 and 40(12) of the DSA means a fine of up to 6% of the platform's global revenue. He said it was a possibility and that Danish member Margrethe Vestager of the commission would decide. Executive Vice President.
However, insiders revealed The commission told Bloomberg this week that it could instead calculate fines based on: Sales from all of Musk's companies, including SpaceX, Neuralink, xAI, and Boring Company.
The obvious idea behind this punitive play is that because X is a private company and under Musk's control, it is ultimately the billionaire's bankable entity. This logic means that X
I've been cherishing it lately Only $9.4 billion.
Insiders say Tesla's revenue is exempt from these fines because it is a publicly traded company and not fully controlled by Musk.
To avoid Euro fines, Company X will have to bend over backwards to satisfy regulators.
“The obligations under the DSA apply to providers of very large online platforms or very large online search engines,” Renier told Bloomberg. “This applies regardless of whether the entity exercising decisive influence over the platform or search engine is a natural or legal person.”
“I'm really scared of digital platforms falling into the wrong hands.”
In doing so, the EU would follow in the footsteps of Brazil's Silva government. treated Companies led by Musk have come together as one group. Last month, the South American country confiscated millions of dollars from Starlink's bank account to cover fines imposed on X..
Even if Musk successfully challenges DSA's latest complaints or bends the knee, the Europeans will continue to try to bring out the flesh.
For example, Evin Incil, a member of the European Parliament from the Swedish Social Democratic Party, recently said: said Kvartal said “DSA is a very important tool” to combat polarization and so-called “disinformation” about X, which she says is having a negative impact on society.
Mr. Incil suggested that the DSA would help tame the “Wild West,” which is X under Musk.
European Commission Vice-President Vera Yulova
said Politico reported Wednesday that Musk “couldn't tell right from wrong.”
“We have started to relativize evil, but he is actively helping evil. He is an promoter of evil,” Yorova said. “I'm really scared of digital platforms falling into the wrong hands.”
musk
answered In X, “Vera Zorova is the epitome of banal, bureaucratic evil.”
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