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The European Union (EU) has launched an ‘illegal content’ probe into Elon Musk’s X for allegedly breaking its rules on hate speech and fake news, breaching new social media regulations.
X is the first to be investigated for breaching the EU’s Digital Services Act.
X, formerly known as Twitter, had been accused of failing its obligations to keep disinformation and hate speech off the platform.
European Commissioner Thierry Breton announced the probe in a post on X, saying: “Today we open formal infringement proceedings against @X.”
The EU would also investigate concerns that X’s user interface, including the ‘blue tick’ system, had a ‘deceptive design’.
According to Mail Online, the investigation would consider whether X’s measures to combat misinformation have been sufficiently effective.
In a post on X, Breton wrote that X was now under investigation for: “Suspected failure of obligation to counter #IllegalContent and #Disinformation.”
Breton explained that the probe would also cover ‘suspected breach of #Transparency obligations’ and ‘suspected #DeceptiveDesign of the user interface.’
This follows mounting concerns that X had allowed concerning levels of hate speech to go unchecked.
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