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German court orders X to give data access to democracy researchers ahead of federal elections

Under European Union law, X is one of a handful of major social media platforms that has a duty to facilitate public interest researchers’ access to support the study of systemic risks — such as to elections and other democratic processes. But the Elon Musk-owned company formerly known as Twitter has been blocking civil society […]

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Elon Musk’s X boosts DSA info for EU users as bloc’s probe of its complaint handling continues

An incoming privacy policy update to Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) will see the company making it clearer to users in the European Union that they have the right to appeal decisions under the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), such as account bans, content takedowns and shadowbanning. The online governance regulation, which applies on scores

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More bad news for Elon Musk after X user’s legal challenge to shadowban prevails

It’s shaping up to be a terrible, no good, really bad news month for the company formerly known as Twitter. Elon Musk’s X has just been hit with a first clutch of grievances by the European Union for suspected breaches of the bloc’s Digital Services Act — an online governance and content moderation rulebook that

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Europe confirms first clutch of DSA grievances on Elon Musk’s X

The platform formerly known as Twitter has earned the dubious honor of being the first very large online platform (VLOP) to face a preliminary finding of breaching the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), the bloc’s governance and content moderation rulebook. Penalties for confirmed breaches of the regime can reach up to 6% of global

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