EU seeking to fine X $1B for DSA violations

This could end up prompting a significant escalation in already tense US and EU relations, Report informs.

According to The New York Times, the EU Commission is currently finalizing plans to issue Elon Musk’s X with a penalty in the range of $1 billion for violations of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA).

“European Union regulators are preparing major penalties against Elon Musk’s social media platform X for breaking a landmark law to combat illicit content and disinformation, said four people with knowledge of the plans […] 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.”

The penalty relates to an investigation launched by EU officials back in 2023 around X’s revised approach to content moderation, and how that had seemingly allowed the amplification of misleading claims.