How Elon Musk's interview with German AfD leader squares with EU laws
The Hindu
Elon Musk’s expected hosting of Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party was being watched by the European Commission.
Elon Musk's expected hosting of Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, for a discussion on his X platform on Thursday was being watched by the European Commission to check for any spreading of misinformation before next month's German election.
The European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA) is intended to address illegal content such as hate speech and intentional manipulation to influence elections.
X has been under investigation under the DSA since 2023 over suspected dissemination of illegal content and the effectiveness of its measures to combat information manipulation.
Since publicly supporting Donald Trump to become U.S. president last year, Musk has endorsed Britain's right-wing Reform party as well as the AfD on X. "The traditional political parties in Germany have utterly failed the people. AfD is the only hope for Germany," he posted on X last month.
Musk's endorsement of the AfD, an anti-immigration, anti-Islamic party designated as right-wing-extremist by German security services, has caused consternation in Berlin, where all other parties rule out working with a party they regard as dangerous and undemocratic. After a Saudi doctor killed five people in a Christmas market last month in the German city of Magdeburg, Musk called German Chancellor Olaf Scholz an "incompetent fool" on X and urged him to resign.
The DSA regulates big online platforms such as X and Meta with more than 45 million users per month in the European Union, as well as the app stores of companies such as Apple and Alphabet. Its main goal is to prevent illegal and harmful online activities and the spread of misinformation. Musk's X was the first company to be investigated under DSA for illegal content, in December 2023.
A company can be fined up to 6% of its global annual turnover for breaching the DSA, and up to 5% of daily worldwide turnover for each day of delay in complying with remedies.
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