Social media platforms, including X, are already getting European Commission scrutiny over alleged failures to mitigate risks around election interference.
Russia was accused of interfering in Romania's annulled presidential election late last year, via a TikTok campaign that boosted a pro-Kremlin candidate.
The case adds to mounting tensions between European regulators and Musk’s social media platform over its rolling back of content moderation and refusal to accede to data access demands.
The DSA, which came into force in 2022, requires large platforms to grant researchers access to data to study systemic risks.
The Commission already accused X in July last year of breaching the DSA for not meeting requirements around researcher data access.
The Berlin Regional Court sided with the plaintiffs, issuing an urgent injunction that forces X to provide real-time access to the requested data via its online interface until Feb. 25.
The ruling also orders X to pay legal costs and imposes a €6,000 procedural fine, setting a precedent for how European courts may enforce transparency obligations under the DSA. »
