Europe may be headed for ‘big public clash with Musk’, say experts

“This will be an important test case: X/Twitter seems, given its lack of content moderators, not to be taking its obligations seriously,” said Zach Meyers, the assistant director of the Centre for European Reform.

He said the law requires platforms to put measures in place to minimise risks associated with disinformation, but not force disinformation to be removed, because this raises questions about freedom of speech.

“If the Commission tries to use the Digital Services Act to go further – for example, by implying that a firm is in breach simply because disinformation exists on the platform – then this could send a chilling sign to other platforms about the extent to which they need to monitor and remove content which is lawful."