Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001748/2024
to the Commission
Rule 144
Estrella Galán (The Left)
As a result of the investigation launched in December 2023, the Commission informed the platform X on 12 July 2024 that the latter was failing to comply with the Digital Services Act, in particular with Articles 25, 29 and 40 thereof. Far from investigating what changes in its operation were necessary to remedy the situation, the owner of the platform, Elon Musk, responded by insulting the Commissioner in charge of the preliminary investigation and dismissing the Commission.
In other words, practices that contravene European law are continuing, and the public authorities are being ignored, much like in Brazil, where a Supreme Court judge had to suspend X’s operations in the country due to its refusal to comply with legal orders to block accounts used for committing hate crimes and spreading misinformation and fake news.
- 1.What further steps is the Commission taking to ensure that X complies with the DSA and, above all, to enable digital independence from large technology platforms such as X in the long term?
- 2.Will it continue to make use of a platform that fails to comply with European legislation?
- 3.Is it planning to develop European digital public infrastructures that promote European digital sovereignty, in accordance with the principles of democratic oversight and the public interest?
Submitted: 18.9.2024