EU Steps Up Probe of Elon Musk's X
Elon Musk was invited by 40 members of the EU parliament who have come together to sign a letter requesting that the EU President invite the Tesla head honcho to speak at the Plenary. The Parliamentarians reportedly want to discuss freedom of speech,
Now Musk's escalating criticism and mocking of European leaders and governments, which he has done repeatedly via X, the social media platform he owns, has sparked a backlash from European governments amid increasing calls for regulatory action in Europe against X.
WASHINGTON − Elon Musk is keeping the pressure on European leaders. Musk frequently wields his 211.5-million-follower account on X, the social media platform he bought for $44 billion in 2022, to air political grievances and promote far-right issues.
Musk has spent the last few weeks engaged in a campaign against various European governments. The most dramatic conflict has involved Musk’s war on Keir Starmer in Britain, though Musk has also spent a significant amount of time promoting a far-right political party in Germany that is said to have ties to neo-Nazis.
The European Union is considering expanding its investigation into whether Elon Musk's social media network X breached its content moderation rulebook, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing the bloc's tech policy chief.
The European Union is putting in place additional investigatory measures as part of its current proceedings against X, which were launched in December 2023. The EU Commission said Friday it had asked the X platform to provide documentation regarding recent changes to its system by Feb 15.
Elon Musk urged Germans to vote for the far-right Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) in an upcoming election in a conversation with its leader on his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) that highlighted the US billionaire’s growing ambition to sway European politics.
The Commission said President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House did not affect its commitment to enforcing its laws.
The European Commission stated on Friday that it will add extra stages to a probe that began in December 2023. That investigation became politically charged as Musk, who will play a crucial role in the new Trump administration,
American political experts have warned that Keir Starmer risks damaging the Special Relationship, but a trade deal is there for the taking if he wants one.
The European Commission said it was assessing its cases against Apple (AAPL.O), Alphabet (GOOGL.O), X and Meta (META.O), stressing that President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House did not affect its commitment to enforcing its laws.