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Elon Musk’s X boosts DSA info for EU users as bloc’s probe of its complaint handling continues

An incoming privacy policy update to Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) will see the company making it clearer to users in the European Union that they

An incoming privacy policy update to Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) will see the company making it clearer to users in the European Union that they have the right to appeal decisions under the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), such as account bans, content takedowns and shadowbanning. The online governance regulation, which applies on scores of services and platforms operating across the bloc, carries stiff penalties for breaches — of up to 6% of global annual turnover so there’s high regulatory risk for anyone flouting the rules. Reached for comment on X’s latest updates, Mekić pointed out the company still has a legal obligation to notify EU users who are affected by actions like shadowbanning — as he was.

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