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European Union regulators are preparing major penalties against X, including a fine that could exceed $1 billion, according to a New York Times report yesterday.

The European Commission determined last year that Elon Musk's social network violated the Digital Services Act. Regulators are now in the process of determining what punishment to impose.

"The penalties are set to include a fine and demands for product changes," the NYT report said, attributing the information to "four people with knowledge of the plans." The penalty is expected to be issued this summer and would be the first one under the new EU law.

"European authorities have been weighing how large a fine to issue X as they consider the risks of further antagonizing [President] Trump amid wider trans-Atlantic disputes over trade, tariffs and the war in Ukraine," the NYT report said. "The fine could surpass $1 billion, one person said, as regulators seek to make an example of X to deter other companies from violating the law, the Digital Services Act."

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[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

but just ban them if you want to be serious

But if you ban them you can't continue to fine them....

[–] oxysis@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you want X and other American social media platforms to keep undermining your democracies then sure just fine them. But if you want to get serious then kick them to the fucking curb

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But if you want to get serious then kick them to the fucking curb

Absolutely, but you have to think why the European Union hasn't done this to date? It's totally within their gift to say that Twitter is such a dog shit platform that tomorrow it will be blocked, no European company can do business with them. But they don't. Why is that?

[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

$huck$, I hav€n’t the $light€$t notion a$ to why th€y wouldn’t have tak€n $uch action$.

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[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago
[–] kautau@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Well then do either one instead of just loudly proclaiming you might do something