Elon Musk's X will be investigated by EU for potentially breaking disinformation law

It’s official: Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, will be investigated by the EU Commission for allegedly violating laws concerning illegal content, advertising, and disinformation on big tech platforms. The EU announced it was opening “formal proceedings” on Monday “to assess whether X may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas linked to risk management, content moderation, dark patterns, advertising transparency and data access for researchers.” Tweet may have been deleted In addition to the announcement on its website, EU Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton also posted about the opening of the investigation on X. Here’s what the EU is going to look into at XAccording to the EU announcement, the investigation into X will focus on a few specific areas. The EU investigation will look into “the dissemination of illegal content in the EU” and what content moderation measures X has taken to deal with this content. This will likely cover misinformation as well as hate speech issues regarding content on X and how the company responds to such content when it’s reported.The inquiry will also look into measures taken by X to “combat information manipulation on the platform.” The EU specifically notes that it will look into the effectiveness of X’s “Community Notes” system, the platform’s crowd-sourced fact-checking feature. SEE ALSO: You need to watch John Oliver’s 30-minute deep dive into Elon Musk The announcement also says that as part of the proceedings, the EU will look into transparency issues from X, such as “shortcomings” involving researchers’ ability to…Elon Musk's X will be investigated by EU for potentially breaking disinformation law