Radical EU bureaucrats are weaponizing the Digital Services Act (DSA) to crack down on free speech that doesn’t align with government-approved narratives on social media, including Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ platform X. The EU’s attack on free speech online has possibly entered a new chapter, with Musk’s entire business empire potentially in the crosshairs of fines. Bloomberg reported that EU bureaucrats are mulling over how to calculate fines against X for failing to combat what the bloc deems ‘illegal content or disinformation’ on the social media platform (this spat between EU-Musk has been ongoing for about a year). In other words, EU officials are livid with Musk because X does not censor and/or shadow-ban folks based on political views. So, these bureaucrats must potentially resort to lawfare against their political enemies. The report cites people familiar with the matter who said EU bureaucrats are mulling over whether to expand the potential fine of up to 6% of X’s yearly global revenue to Musk’s other companies, including SpaceX, Neuralink, xAI, and the Boring Company.  Under the EU’s Digital Services Act, the bloc can slap online platforms with fines of as much as 6% of their yearly global revenue for failing to tackle illegal content and disinformation or follow transparency rules. Regulators are considering whether sales from SpaceX, Neuralink, […]