Some 30 MEPs expressed their “deep concern” on Thursday about Elon Musk's “interventions” and “smear campaigns” in Europe, urging the European Fee to take motion.
“Elon Musk is not only a overseas billionaire, he’s a future member of the Trump administration who’s attacking America's finest allies,” warn these lawmakers, who come from virtually your entire political spectrum, proper, left, environmentalists and the middle.
Of their letter to Fee President Ursula von der Leyen, MEPs primarily discuss with the case of the “German election marketing campaign”, the place the South African-born businessman overtly helps the far-right Various for Germany (AfD).
“The European Fee ought to contemplate whether or not Musk's current smear campaigns are according to the Digital Providers Act,” they add, referring to the European regulation on digital providers (Digital Service Act).
“The place is the European Fee and what does it intend to do now that it has discovered that Platform X doesn’t adjust to the Digital Providers Act?” they ask of their letter signed by, amongst others, Nathalie Loiseau, Maria Walsh and Oror Lalique.
The European Fee supervises digital platforms primarily based on this regulation. Musk's shut working relationship with Donald Trump, who might be sworn in as US President on Monday, raises questions on how the Fee will deal with the difficulty of Platform X, which is accused of spreading misinformation.
Nonetheless, an MEP from Slovenia has known as for Musk to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, calling him a “hero of freedom of expression”.
On Tuesday, a debate is scheduled to happen within the European Parliament in Strasbourg on the accusations of Elon Musk's interventions in European affairs.
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