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German court orders X to give data access to democracy researchers ahead of federal elections
Under European Union law, X is one of a handful of major social media platforms that has a duty to facilitate public interest researchers' access to
Under European Union law, X is one of a handful of major social media platforms that has a duty to facilitate public interest researchers’ access to support the study of systemic risks — such as to elections and other democratic processes. While the EU probe on X continues — and could ultimately result in fines of up to 6% of its global annual turnover, or even an order to block access to the platform in the regional — the law opens the company to wider legal risk via DSA litigation and court challenges, such as the one brought by the GFF and DRI. She joined TC after a stint reviewing smartphones for CNET UK and, prior to that, more than five years covering business technology for silicon.com (now folded into TechRepublic), where she focused on mobile and wireless, telecoms & networking, and IT skills issues.
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