L’UE affronta critiche per la lentezza dell’azione sulla regolamentazione dei social media a causa dell’influenza di Musk
https://www.lawyer-monthly.com/2025/01/eu-criticized-for-slow-action-on-social-media-regulation-amid-elon-musks-political-involvement/
di Wagamaga
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The European Union’s executive body is facing mounting criticism for its slow pace in enforcing a significant regulation aimed at ensuring responsible conduct by social media companies. This criticism comes in the wake of increasing concern over Elon Musk’s growing influence in European political affairs, particularly his involvement with the far-right Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) ahead of Germany’s upcoming elections.
Growing Concerns Over Musk’s Influence Musk, the owner of X (formerly Twitter) and the world’s wealthiest individual, has drawn the attention of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) as he prepares to host a livestream discussion with Alice Weidel, the leader of the AfD, on his platform. The event, set against the backdrop of Germany’s February 23 elections, is seen as giving the far-right party a significant advantage. Musk’s substantial following of 211.4 million people further amplifies concerns about the potential impact on European political discourse.
Damian Boeselager, an MEP and co-founder of the pan-European Volt party, has called on the European Commission to investigate Musk’s “interference” in European elections. Boeselager is particularly focused on X’s alleged promotion of Musk’s tweets, which may violate the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), a regulation designed to ensure that online platforms operate transparently and responsibly.
Potential Violations of the Digital Services Act
The Digital Services Act, enacted in 2022, aims to regulate major platforms like X, requiring them to eliminate illegal content, combat disinformation, and safeguard electoral processes. Boeselager argues that the way Musk’s tweets have been amplified through X’s algorithm may be in breach of the DSA’s transparency requirements. Musk’s actions, including tweaking the algorithm to elevate his own content, raise serious questions about whether such practices are legal under the DSA.
Musk is throwing money at actual [fascists](https://static.euronews.com/articles/stories/08/95/28/78/1200x675_cmsv2_d05fbdb6-c54c-5d17-9531-d2e42496e6aa-8952878.jpg), and no on gives a damn.
Oh, Meloni was actually part of a fascist movement!
LET’S IGNORE THAT!
Von der Leyen isn’t going to do shit about fascism rising in Europe. Remember, her group supported Orban for years. Von der Leyen is part of the problem. She’s an enabler. She enables fascism.
Public forums go both ways.
Elon is just opening himself up to mockery on a world stage.
The only people being “influenced” doubtful have any real influence of their own.
It’s frigging Twitter ffs
The European Union shouldn’t lower standards to China’s authoritarian levels of “[Press Freedom](https://freedomhouse.org/country/china/freedom-world/2024)” over this.
I hope Europe will force all media and social media companies to make their algorithms available to be monitored in real time, independently, which would sort it all out. Or open source.
Degenerate billionaires like musk (twitter) would quickly lose interest along with totalitarian dictatorships like china (TikTok) and Russia (maga bots being promoted by algos)
It might even create the opportunity for home grown alternative platforms. India is a great example of success in this area since they banned TikTok and other terrible Chinese apps.
Is this yet another substanceless clickbait article derived from the same few vague sentences officials have uttered about the issue the past couple of weeks?
I’d argue it’s actually a good thing. Musk isn’t influencing shit. He’s an imbecile politically speaking