Elon Musk and US-based X Holdings Corp, along with the social media company’s Irish entity, are seeking to stop the investigation launched against them by Coimisiún na Meán in a case that challenges the limits of its power and of EU regulation.
Friday’s €120m fine against Elon Musk’s social media site, which has its EU office in Ireland, is on the lower end of the spectrum. Now is the European Commission ready for a battle with the billionaire on reforms to the platform?
Appeals Centre Europe recently contacted X about preparing to receive disputes from its users. The social media giant now wants a court order to block the dispute settlement body from ruling on user complaints.
The Twitter alternative has moved its point of contact for complying with the EU’s content rulebook from Brussels to Cork. The move also puts it under Coimisiún na Meán’s remit.
The billionaire owner of X has established an Irish entity for his artificial intelligence company with one of his key lieutenants listed as director.
Media Matters, which is embroiled in numerous lawsuits with X, has sought an order in a California court to have Musk’s company’s Irish case against it shut down.
Social media companies will hope their close relationship with US President Donald Trump will ease the burden of regulation in the likes of Europe and the UK. But parent groups may complicate that.
Frustrated by the slow pace of investigations in Brussels, critics of Elon Musk’s social network and its influence on politics are targeting X’s Dublin office through their national authorities.
A German non-profit attempted to seek evidence from Twitter’s Irish entity in a US court to use in a German legal action. To date, the organisation has faced multiple knockbacks from judges.
A judge in Berlin told two organisations that their complaints against X should be taken in Ireland, setting the stage for more disputes for Elon Musk’s platform in Irish courts.
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