The platform will be subject to the new rules. The owner of X (formerly Twitter) Elon Musk assured this Friday that the social network is “working hard” to comply with European regulations which impose reinforced obligations on Internet giants against illegal content and misinformation.
“We are working hard on this,” wrote X the billionaire, in response to a video by European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton about the Digital Services Act, binding since Friday for the most large platforms.
“This August 25 marks a major turning point. Internet users, from now on, will benefit from reinforced protection, but also from increased control and choice”, wrote on X (formerly Twitter) Thierry Breton, assuring that the DSA was also “there to protect freedom of expression against arbitrary decisions. “My services and I will be very, very rigorous in verifying that the platforms comply with the DSA,” he promised.
Fines of up to 6% of turnover
The Digital Services Act now applies to the 19 largest social networks, marketplaces and search engines, including Google, YouTube, Amazon, Facebook, Instagram, X (ex-Twitter) or TikTok. These companies, which each have more than 45 million active users in the EU, are subject to new obligations to combat disinformation, online hate, child pornography and counterfeiting, under the supervision of the Commission European.
Violators face fines of up to 6% of their group’s worldwide turnover and, as a last resort, in the event of repeated serious violations, a temporary ban from practicing in the EU.