The European Commission has intensified its investigation into Elon Musk's social media network, X, concerning potential breaches of EU content moderation rules. The Commission has requested internal documentation and information on recommender systems from X amid accusations of political interference by Musk.

The European Union is intensifying its investigation into Elon Musk's X, focusing on algorithm transparency amid concerns of platform manipulation favoring far-right content. Under the Digital Services Act,

Elon Musk has stirred the pot with a recent post on X shifting "from MAGA to MEGA" to "Make Europe Great Again!"

WASHINGTON − Elon Musk is keeping the pressure on European leaders. Musk frequently wields his 211.5-million-follower account on X, the social media platform he bought for $44 billion in 2022, to air political grievances and promote far-right issues.

Now Musk's escalating criticism and mocking of European leaders and governments, which he has done repeatedly via X, the social media platform he owns, has sparked a backlash from European governments amid increasing calls for regulatory action in Europe against X.

European leaders have raised concerns about Elon Musk interfering with Germany’s elections as he plans to host a chat with far-right leader Alice Weidel on X.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank began posting on the Bluesky micro-blogging platform on Monday, joining a rival to Elon Musk's X just as the U.S. billionaire ramps up his political campaigning in Europe.

The European Commission has ramped up its investigation into Elon Musk’s X social network after the tech mogul criticized European governments in recent weeks, and just days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House.

Elon Musk is throwing grenades into Europe ... In recent days and weeks, Musk has weighed in with a series of incendiary social-media posts on European politics, including supporting a far-right party ahead of an election in Germany, accusing the British ...

Elon Musk praised the co-leader of the German party Alternative ... The recent heightened tensions come amid an ongoing probe by the European Commission into Musk’s platform X and possible violations of its Digital Services Act (DSA).

From broadsides against the UK government to boosting Germany's ultra-nationalist AFD party, the world's richest man is making waves across the Atlantic