EU Commission Opens First Proceedings Under The DSA Against X

"The DSA marks the end of the era of large online platforms that behave as if they are too big to care," writes EU Commissioner Thierry Breton in response to the opening of proceedings by the EU Commission against X (formerly Twitter). The social media service X has been suspected several times of not taking sufficient action against fake news and hate speech on the platform. Most recently, there were investigations into the dissemination of illegal content in connection with attacks by Hamas against Israel. The first formal proceedings under the Digital Service Act (DSA) have now been opened against X for allegedly sharing "illegal content" and breaching transparency obligations under the DSA. The DSA, a new and far-reaching EU regulation on platform regulation, provides for stricter obligations for online platforms to take action against illegal and harmful content on the internet, which can result in fines of up to six per cent of the platform operator's