Trump on Monday signed an executive order to create Elon Musk's DOGE, with a mandate to improve federal IT systems.
The Digital Services Act allows the EU to impose hefty fines and even block the platform.Under the Digital Services Act, Elon Musk and his social media platform, X, could face heavy penalties should investigators for the European Union find that he manipulated the site's algorithm in order to influence voters.
Elon Musk's "Make Europe Great Again" slogan sparks backlash from European leaders, who criticize it as unwelcome interference and tone-deaf rhetoric.
For tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, the EU's digital rules are a tool of censorship. - Is the law a tool of censorship?
Suspending Elon Musk's X in the EU could be complicated ... impose this requirement,” he said, referring to the Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA) that came into force ...
Ms Henna Virkkunen says the EU is assessing whether Musk’s X social network breached its content moderation rulebook. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON − Elon Musk is keeping the pressure on ... disinformation and illegal content under the EU's new Digital Services Act. The EU has historically acted much more stridently to regulate ...
"We are writing to express our deep concerns about Elon Musk's interference ... examine the compliance of Musk's recent smear campaigns with the Digital Services Act," the lawmakers said.
The European Commission stated on Friday that it will add extra stages to a probe that began in December 2023. That investigation became politically charged as Musk, who will play a crucial role in the new Trump administration,
With the official establishment on Monday of President Trump’s closely watched effort to slash federal spending — which he has called the Department of Government Efficiency — some key information was revealed, including details about how the group will be structured and a new focus on modernizing technology.
On Monday, Trump renamed the USDS as the US DOGE Service in an executive order entitled “Establishing and implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency,’” making it part of the Executive Office of the President. (The old USDS was part of the Office of Management and Budget, itself part of the Executive Office.)