Musk says EU wanted “secret deal” to “censor free speech” after fine threat
Elon Musk accused the European Commission of acting in bad faith after the bloc threatened his social network, X, with a fine. The sanction could run into millions of dollars for breaching the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). He said the EU wanted a “secret deal” to “censor free speech”, which X declined.
The Commission is the primary executive arm of the 27-member EU. On Friday, it released preliminary findings of its investigation into X’s (Twitter) compliance with the DSA. It said the platform is in breach of the law in three areas: misleading verification systems, lack of advertising transparency, and failure to provide data to researchers.