The problems are accumulating for the social network contents and transparency obligations, specifically related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This was announced today, Monday, by the European Commission, which thus launches the investigative powers granted to it by the Law on Digital Services, which came into force last year, to supervise the conduct of the internet giants and ensure that they comply with their new obligations. .
"The opening of a procedure and infringement does not prejudge its result," underlines the community executive in the statement published this afternoon. But as Musk well knows, the company risks the imposition of a fine that can reach 6% of its global turnover if its suspicions are confirmed. For the moment, the answers sent by
The European Commission will continue to collect information on the negligent questions of European; the effectiveness of the measures adopted to "combat information manipulation", specifically the 'community notes' mechanism, in reducing its risks to civic discourse and its impact on electoral processes; the measures adopted to increase the transparency of the platform, since it is suspected that it is not offering researchers all the information it should and, finally, the allegedly "misleading" design of the famous 'blue check' that the network uses for certain services. payment.
"The greater the risk that large platforms represent for our society, the more specific the DSA requirements will be. The evidence we have is sufficient to initiate a procedure," warned the vice president of the Community Executive responsible for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, it's a statement. "The time is over when large digital platforms behaved as if they were too big to care. We now have clear rules, with ex ante obligations, strong supervision, rapid enforcement and dissuasive sanctions, and we will make full use of these tools," added Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal Market, promoter of the regulations. The investigation, for which Brussels can send new information requests to X or even carry out inspections, does not have a specific duration.
