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Elon Musk’s X deceives users and breaches online content rules, EU says

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Elon Musk’s X deceives users and breaches online content rules, EU says

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, speaks at the Milken Conference 2024 in Beverly Hills, California, May 6, 2024.

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Elon Musk’s X is in breach of EU online content rules as the social media platform uses “dark patterns” to deceive users, the European Commission said Friday.

The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, started an investigation last year to assess whether X may be in breach of the Digital Services Act. The body’s preliminary view, published Friday, is that the platform has broken rules regarding dark patterns, advertising transparency and data access for researchers.

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