EU stops advertising on X over hate speech. Fines could follow next year::The European Union is pulling its advertisements from Elon Musk’s X for now, citing an “alarming increase” in hate speech and disinformation on the platform formerly known as Twitter.

      • Kayn@dormi.zone
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        1 year ago

        I think the person you replied to assumed that the legal action was related to the pulling of ads, when they’re actually two independent incidents.

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      1 year ago

      It’s two separate things, from the article:

      A more drastic move could come next year. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, could impose a fine of more than $100 million on X if the company is found to have breached tough new EU rules aimed at cleaning up digital media.