This is stated in the European Commission’s statement, Ukrinform reports.

Based on the preliminary investigation carried out so far, including the analysis of the risk assessment report submitted by Decided to file formal infringement proceedings under the DSA against X.

Compliance with the provisions of the DSA to prevent the distribution of illegal content in EU countries in the context of review, risk assessment and available measures; the effectiveness of the measures the company uses to combat disinformation, in particular its “Community Notes” and related measures to reduce risks to election processes; Doubts regarding the transparency of the platform’s policies, particularly data availability for researchers, and deceptive interface design in connection with “blue flags”.

The company could potentially be found to be in breach of eight articles of the Digital Services Act.

It is emphasized that this is the European Commission’s first investigation regarding the new legislation.

At later stages, it is possible to implement temporary measures or make a decision to violate the legislation. Additionally, the European Commission may accept the platform’s commitment to fix any of the existing problems.

As reported, the Digital Services Act (DSA), which came into force in the EU in August and regulates the activities of “very large Internet platforms”, especially on the territory of the European Union, restricts them from disinformation and information manipulation, dissemination of harmful or false information, illegal content, hate speech or fundamentalist activities. identification and removal of other data that may have a negative impact on the observance of human rights and freedoms.

In October, the European Commission sent inquiries to internet platforms Meta and TikTok regarding their compliance with EU media legislation called the Digital Services Act (DSA), which obliges “very large” multimedia platforms to take action against the spread of misinformation. , harmful or offensive content.