Two people brought information to the prosecutor\u2019s office – a member of the parliament and a senior government official. They both accuse X\u2019s algorithm of being used for \u201c<\/span>purposes of foreign interference<\/span><\/a>\u201d. The police asked for access to the algorithm as a part of the investigation, meeting with refusal from the side of X.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The investigation started already in January of this year, but this month, the case was passed on to a key unit of the French national police. The initial complaint involved accusing X of spreading \u201can enormous amount of hateful, racist, anti-LGBT+ and homophobic political content, which aims to skew the democratic debate in France,\u201d as reported by <\/span>POLITICO<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The platform\u2019s popularity in Europe has been plummeting. As a part of compliance with DSA, X had to share this information. <\/span>1.1 million users<\/span><\/a> from Belgium alone left the platform since 2023 (until April 2025). And the trend is by far not native to Belgium. Since November 2023, more than 30 million users from the European Union have left the platform. Interestingly, in some countries, like Poland or Luxembourg, almost half of users left, while in Belgium, the figure is just above the average as reported by <\/span>ITdaily<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: Unsplash<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n The French case is not the first that hit Elon Musk\u2019s platform from Europe. The first penalties based on regulations defined in the Digital Services Act (DSA) came earlier this year, after <\/span>nearly 2 years<\/span><\/a>. The investigation by the European Commission tackled how X handles the spreading of illegal content and information manipulation. However, this investigation has been paused amidst the tariff negotiations between the United States and Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n This EU legislation, adopted in 2022 aims to <\/span><\/i>regulate<\/span><\/i><\/a> platforms with more than 45 million active monthly users, providing mechanisms that make the processes behind the platforms more transparent, allow users to flag illegal content and lower the spreading of disinformation, election interference or other harmful content.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n The<\/span> preliminary findings of the DSA investigation on <\/span><\/a>X were calling out the blue checkmark \u201cverified\u201d status, which can be subscribed to by anyone, thus not granting any real verification, citing malicious actors abusing the blue checkmark to deceive users. Next, there is the lack of transparency over advertising, such as missing any database and also fails to provide any data for research, even the public data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Musk has been labelling the DSA as a <\/span>censorship tool<\/span><\/a> since its implementation. The US Federal Communications Commission followed suit, <\/span>saying<\/span><\/a> it is not compatible with the free speech tradition in America.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cFreedom of expression lies at the heart of our European values. It is also at the core of the Digital Services Act. The DSA sets out rules for online intermediaries to tackle illegal content, while safeguarding freedom of expression and information online. Nothing in the DSA obliges online platforms to remove lawful content,\u201d said Thomas Regnier, a spokesperson for the European Commission on topics of tech sovereignty for PulseZ.<\/span><\/p>\n Meta and Apple were already <\/span>fined<\/span><\/a> for hundreds of millions of euros, however, under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and not DSA. Unlike Meta, under DMA, the enforcement is more straightforward, without a chance to avoid paying the fine. The DMA<\/span> builds on competition law<\/span><\/a>, whereas the DSA is a new legislation, which still needs to create more straightforward ways of enforcement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe <\/span>Digital Markets Act (DMA)<\/span><\/a> and the <\/span>Digital Services Act (DSA)<\/span><\/a> differ in that the DMA aims to make digital markets fairer and more competitive, hence it protects business users (such as developers) and it regulates companies designated as \u2018<\/span>gatekeepers<\/span><\/a>\u2019, meanwhile, the DSA aims to make the online space safer for users, and to safeguard our fundamental values online and it sets out obligations for online platforms and stricter obligations for the <\/span>designated \u2018very large online platforms and search engines\u2019<\/span><\/a>,\u201d said <\/span>Regnier.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the more controversial social media platforms, X, is under criminal investigation in France. 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<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s the Digital Services Act (DSA) again? <\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n
Meta and Apple already Fined by the EU<\/b><\/h3>\n