European Union investigating Musk’s X over possible breaches of social media law

By KELVIN CHAN
AP Business Writer

LONDON (AP) — The European Union has made Elon Musk’s online platform X the first tech company to face an investigation under Europe’s tough new regulations designed to clean up social media and protect people from toxic online content. The investigation announced Monday will look into whether X, formerly known as Twitter, failed to do enough to curb the spread of illegal content. It also will see whether measures to combat “information manipulation,” especially through its crowd-sourced Community Notes fact-checking feature, were effective. The EU will examine whether X was transparent enough with researchers and look into suspicions that its user interface, including for its blue check subscription service, has a “deceptive design.”