Elon Musk has called for the European Union to be abolished after it fined his social media company
The European Commission on Friday handed down judgment against X after a two-year investigation into the company under the Digital Services Act (DSA), adopted in 2022 to regulate online platforms. At the time, Musk wrote in response to a post from the committee about X: “Bulls…”
On Saturday, he doubled down on his criticism of Bullock. “The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries so that governments can better represent their people,” he said in a post on X.
Musk’s comments came as senior U.S. government officials also increasingly opposed the decision.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a post on X on Friday that the fine was “an attack by a foreign government against the entire American technology platform and the American people.”
“Today’s outrageous €120 million fine is the result of EU regulatory overreach targeting American innovation,” Andrew Puzder, the US ambassador to the EU, said on Saturday’s X show.
“The Trump administration has been clear: We oppose censorship and will challenge onerous regulations that target American companies overseas. We expect the EU to be committed to fair, open, and mutually beneficial trade, and nothing else.”
The commission said last week that the violations included “the deceptive design of the ‘blue check mark,’ the lack of transparency in advertising repositories, and the failure to provide researchers with access to publicly available data.”
“With this first non-compliance decision by the DSA, we hold X accountable for violating users’ rights and avoiding responsibility,” said Hena Virkunen, executive vice president for technology sovereignty, security and democracy, at the time.
X currently has 60 days to notify the commission of its plans to address issues marked with the “deceptive” blue checkmark. They have 90 days to submit a plan to resolve advertising repository issues and access public data for researchers.
“Failure to comply with non-compliance decisions may lead to the payment of periodic fines,” the commission said in a statement.
X.ai, the company that owns X, and the European Commission have been contacted for comment. oh
