The EU is assessing whether X has breached the bloc's tech rulebook. But what can it do if X's owner Elon Musk refuses to comply with the landmark Digital Services Act?

The EU Commission has completed its probe into X and it looks like a fine is on its way to the tune of millions of euros.

In December, American billionaire and Trump confidant Elon Musk posted a six-word sentence on his social-media platform, X, that jolted Germany’s political landscape.

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The European Union is considering expanding its investigation into whether Elon Musk's social media network X breached its content moderation rulebook, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing the bloc's tech policy chief.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is the regulator for vaccines and medicine in the European Union (EU), has stopped using the social media platform X. The website is owned by Elon Musk, who is an important ally of the newly elected United States president Donald Trump.

Musk's X is suspected of manipulating the platform's systems to give far-right posts and politicians greater visibility over other political groups.

A suspension for Elon Musk-owned social network X in the European Union could be more difficult than some politicians have suggested and at worst only temporary, experts told AFP.

To protect their business model, Meta (and billionaire Elon Musk's X) have aligned themselves with the far right.

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A gesture associated with the Nazis has a surprising history. But in Germany, there was little doubt about its meaning.