- cross-posted to:
- world@quokk.au
- cross-posted to:
- world@quokk.au
Summary
A German court ruled that Elon Musk’s X must immediately provide researchers with data on politically related content ahead of Germany’s Feb. 23 election.
The lawsuit, filed by Democracy Reporting International and the Society for Civil Rights, accused X of blocking efforts to track election interference.
The ruling enforces the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), requiring major platforms to grant researcher access. It also orders X to pay legal costs and imposes a €6,000 procedural fine.
The decision sets a legal precedent, but it remains unclear if X will appeal.
€6,000 is peanuts to the worlds richest man, they should shut down access to the site until X comply.
Even 1000x that fine would just be a rounding error to him. What gives with the low-ball punishment?
propably just doing things by the book without thinking or their legal system doesnt have a way to fine billionaires so they just let the bastard go without punishment.
You misundertand. Legal fees are not there as punishment, they are only there to prevent poor people for looking for justice.
A fine does not mean you get to keep doing it. Initially it just proves that tasking 4 people to just get the data would have been cheaper. Now he needs to do that and still task the people.
Next step is escalating if they do not comply. They did the same in Brazil escalating all the way to turning off Twitter.
I guess what I’m saying is “patience grasshopper”
This is a precursor to kicking X out of the country
Can’t find any proper information anywhere (someone link me the judgement) but that sounds like “you were supposed to file stuff in triplicate now we have to copy shit, here’s a fine” territory.
Here’s the press release of DRI itself, they don’t even mention it.
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