RT Global Government Affairs (@GlobalAffairs)X Files Appeal Against €120M EU Fine Under Digital Services ActX filed an appeal at the General Court of the European Union challenging the €120 million fine imposed by the European Commission on 5 December 2025, the first non-compliance fine under the Digital Services Act (DSA).This EU Decision resulted from an incomplete and superficial investigation, grave procedural errors, a tortured interpretation of the obligations under the DSA, and systematic breaches of ...

RT Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman)🚨 IT’S OFFICIAL! HUGE WIN FOR FREE SPEECH!Right-wing President of Poland Karol Nawrocki just VETOED the EU’s tyrannical Digital Services Act push that draconian censorship bill designed to silence dissent and control what you can say online.Nawrocki nailed it:“The state is supposed to GUARANTEE freedom, not RESTRICT it!”Poland standing tall against Brussels’ Big Brother nonsense.This is what real leadership looks like. No bowing to globalist overlords.Poland remains a ...

Literally fining a product 6% of its global revenue because people like it too much.Digital EU 🇪🇺 (@DigitalEU):The Commission preliminarily finds TikTok’s addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act (#DSA).This includes features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications and its highly personalised recommender system.Discover what's next: https://t.co/v1uhqSdL2S. https://t.co/gqcOA5Nxp7 ...

I want you to listen to me when I tell you the EU Digital Censorship Act was co-designed, in the United States, by Democrats and NeverTrump Republicans, explicitly as a legal crowbar to force global censorship of populist movements and governments on both sides of the Atlantic.European Commission (@EU_Commission):Online platforms offer a lot of benefits, which our citizens can best enjoy when we mitigate certain risks.Think of addictive features, harmful content, and risks to our children, consumers, democr ...

Roblox Corporation (NYSE:RBLX) faced fresh scrutiny in Europe after a Dutch watchdog opened a probe into how the platform protects minors.The development comes as the stock traded lower and an analyst trimmed a price target while keeping a bullish rating.Wedbush analyst Alicia Reese maintains an Outperform rating on the stock, lowering the price forecast from $165 to $110.The gaming platform drew scrutiny Friday as the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets launched an official review of its protec ...

What's the need to know here from from the EU side of this. Well, it's another day, another investigation into X from the EU this time. Yeah, it was about whether or not they did a sufficient risk assessment to prevent harmful outputs from Grok before deploying it across the EU.This is a legal requirement under the Digital Services Act, which is the kind of set of rules around illegal and harmful content. And so it's a there's quite a long list of investigations of ECS at the moment within the EU, but this ...

Core Points - The European Commission has officially designated Meta Platform's WhatsApp as a very large platform under the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) [1] - This designation increases WhatsApp's responsibilities in addressing issues related to user safety and content moderation [1] - The DSA aims to create a safer digital space by imposing stricter regulations on large online platforms [1] Company Summary - Meta Platform's WhatsApp is now classified as a very large platform, which subjects it to enhanced regulatory scrutiny [1] - The new responsibilities include tackling illegal content and ensuring user safety, which may impact WhatsApp's operational strategies [1] Industry Summary - The Digital Services Act represents a significant regulatory shift in the EU, targeting large digital platforms to enhance accountability [1] - This move reflects the EU's ongoing efforts to regulate the digital landscape and protect users from harmful content [1]

I hope the UK follows our energy policy, follows our digital policy so that our great tech companies can invest in the UK, can invest in Canada, can invest in Europe. But they can't if they have the digital services act, the digital services act, the digital markets act, the digital this, the digital that. Europe has taxed our companies with fines and regulatory attacks more than they've earned in taxes on their own technology companies.Instead of saying come and build and grow and build data centers here, ...

That's a nasty one. Elon has not called me to ask for help on that one. That's a tough thing.>> I don't think it's right. >> The commission has issued a fine of 120 million euro to X for breaching the Digital Services Act. This is the first ever fine under the DSA. X has indeed breached its transparency obligation under the DSA.This includes X's blue check mark. It deceives users. Anyone can pay to obtain the verified status.and X does not meaningfully verify who is behind it. It also includes X advertising ...

Three, two, one. >> Welcome back to Squawkbox. This morning, Elon Musk calling for the European Union to be abolished.This after the block fined his social media company X $140 million. That followed Friday's decision by the European Commission to hit X with the fine after a two-year investigation into the company under the EU's Digital Services Act. Now, last week, the European Commission had said that infractions by X, which included what it called the deceptive design of X's blue check mark for verificat ...