EU Commission Denies Involvement in ‘Harmful Content’ Letter to Elon Musk

Published on August 14, 2024

The European Commission has denied involvement with its internal market regulator’s decision to send a warning letter to Elon Musk, owner of X, ahead of his platform’s interview with former President Donald Trump. On Monday, Thierry Breton, the EU Commissioner for the Internal Market, sent a letter to Musk and X CEO Lina Yaccarino concerning the Trump broadcast, which took place that evening. “With great audience comes greater responsibility,” Breton wrote in a post accompanying the letter on X. “As there is a risk of amplification of potentially harmful content in connection with events with major audience around the world, I sent this letter to [Elon Musk].”...

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