Elon Musk has been fined €120m by the EU regulator for violating content laws
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Elon Musk’s media company Media X was fined 120 million Euros ($193.3 million CDN) by the EU Tech Regulators on Friday for violating the rules of online content, the first anchor under the surprise law that has also been accused of being criticized by the US government.
While X did not respond to an email request for comment, Musk did “Bulls – T” Under the European Commission in the post about fines. He also posted several messages criticizing the decision and wrote, “Freedom of speech is a bed [of] The majority. The only way to find out is to vote. ”
X Tiktok’s rival was dissolved by a fine by agreement.
Europe’s crackdown on Big Tech to ensure smaller competitors that can compete and have more choices has been criticized by the Trump administration, which means they are singling out American companies and enriching Americans.
The European Commission, EUP Executive Gody, said that its rules do not take into account any nationality and that they only protect its digital and democratic standards, which often serve as a universal symbol.
Fine are not students, says EU tech chief
The EU Surcess against X followed a two-year mini-investigation under the Bloc Digital Services Act (DSA), which requires online platforms to do more to deal with illegal or harmful content.
The EU’s investigation of the Social Media Media of Tiktok of TIKTOK LEDS FSA has raised the need for the DSA to publish an ad that allows researchers and users to find Scam ads.
The head of the European Tech Commission Henna Villkkunen said that the modest penalty for X was proportional and calculated based on the type of violation, the gravity organizations affected.
“We are not here to impose the highest fine. We are here to make sure that our digital law is enforced and if you comply with our laws, you don’t get a fine. And it’s simple,” he told reporters.
“I think it’s very important to emphasize that DSA has nothing to do with Constship.”
He said the future decisions on the companies facing the DSA abuse case are expected to take a shorter period of time than the two-year period it took for the X case.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Federal Commission Chairman Brendan Cart reduced the EU fine.
“The European Commission $ 140 million [US] Ok it’s not just an attack on @x, it’s an attack on all american tech platforms and the american people by foreign governments. The days of destroying the American people online are over,” Rubio posted on X.
Carr said on X that Surction showed Europe punishing a successful US tech company by being a successful US tech company.
Meta and Tiktok were charged with breaching DSA DeffectAtions obligations in October while the Chinese MarketPlace Pemeu was accused of breaching laws to prevent the sale of illegal products.
UX has 60 to 90 days to come up with measures to comply with the DSA, with a time frame depending on the issue.
Ahead of the EU decision, said the US president in X, “the rumors spread by the EU commission will cost hundreds of millions of dollars by not targeting the research dollars.”
Tiktok, which promises to change its ad library to hide, is not urging regulators to apply the law equally to all international platforms.
The EU Regaders say that the DSA’s violations of the DSA include the deceptive design of the blue accopmark of verified accounts, the lack of transparency of its final advertising and its failure to provide researchers with public information.
The commission said that an investigation into the distribution of illegal content on X and measures taken to combat information fraud and a separate investigation into the tiktok design algorithmic programs and child protection programs are ongoing.
The DSA fine can be up to six percent of the company’s global revenue.
