EU Bureaucrats Formally Investigate X Over Lack of “Disinformation” Censorship

If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Elon Musk’s social media giant X, formerly Twitter, has been targeted by pro-censorship commissioners at the EU. While this has been ongoing for some time, ever since Musk took over the platform last year, and since the introduction of the EU’s new censorship law “The Digital Services Act” came into force this summer, this is the first time X has faced a formal investigation. The investigation was announced by the EU’s European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton, an unelected bureaucrat that has been pushing both formally and informally for X to censor more speech over the last year. Currently, the European Commission is spearheading a stringent investigation into X’s operations, marking an unprecedented move under the parameters outlined by the DSA. Of the several concerns raised by the executive branch, they will chiefly be probing its potential breach of EU norms regarding risk management, data access, dark patterns, lack of content censorship, and transparency in advertising. Of particular interest to the EU is the spread of alleged “disinformation.” Tackling it is part of the EU’s efforts to control global online speech, by equating “disinformation” with “harm.” The issue of politicians regulating so-called “disinformation” online raises significant concerns regarding free speech and the centralization of power over public discourse. This controversy stems from the inherent subjectivity in defining disinformation, as much of what was once called “disinformation” and censored online turned out to be…EU Bureaucrats Formally Investigate X Over Lack of “Disinformation” Censorship