Elon Musk is in strife with the European Commission, once again, with his social media platform X under threat of fines of up to 6 per cent of its global turnover.
It was almost inevitable that X, formerly known as Twitter, would fall foul of the European Union Digital Services Act (DSA) that came into force this year. Since Musk acquired the social media site for $US44 billion (about $65 billion) two years ago, its structure and practices seem to have been re-designed to be in conflict with legislation that regulates content on the big technology platforms.
X owner Elon Musk has had a win in the Australian courts.Credit: Bloomberg
Last year, when Musk withdrew X from the EU’s voluntary code of practice, the region’s internal market commissioner Thierry Breton responded on X.
“You can run but you can’t hide,” he …