If they do that, the cost of the fines would skyrocket.
Unnamed EU officials told Bloomberg about the potential jump in fines.
The EUstarted investigatingMusk and X in 2023 after its new Digital Services Act went into effect.
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., closes his eyes for a moment of silence for Corey Comperatore, who was killed during July’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump, during a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, US, on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024.© Justin Merriman/Bloomberg via Getty Images
In July, an EU commission formally found that X had deceived its users and violated EU law.
The fines for Musks alleged trespasses would be 6% of the sites yearly global revenue.
The last time Musk had a fight like thishe folded.
He went to war with Brazilin Augustover the countrys content moderation policies.
A Brazilian supreme court justice wanted Musk to follow the law of the land and Musk balked.
The billionaire, as always, claimed it was a free speech issue.
For a month or so, X was officially unavailable in Brazil.
Musk has alsorepeatedly capitulatedto demands to censor X from countries with more authoritarian demands such as Turkey and India.
And in September,he coordinatedwith the Trump campaign to censor an internal campaign report on JD Vance.
X also banned Ken Klippenstein, the journalist who shared the report, but later reinstated his account.
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