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EU may “make an example of X” by issuing $1 billion fine to Musk’s social network (arstechnica.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27791056

European Union regulators are preparing major penalties against X, including a fine that could exceed $1 billion, according to a New York Times report yesterday.

The European Commission determined last year that Elon Musk's social network violated the Digital Services Act. Regulators are now in the process of determining what punishment to impose.

"The penalties are set to include a fine and demands for product changes," the NYT report said, attributing the information to "four people with knowledge of the plans." The penalty is expected to be issued this summer and would be the first one under the new EU law.

"European authorities have been weighing how large a fine to issue X as they consider the risks of further antagonizing [President] Trump amid wider trans-Atlantic disputes over trade, tariffs and the war in Ukraine," the NYT report said. "The fine could surpass $1 billion, one person said, as regulators seek to make an example of X to deter other companies from violating the law, the Digital Services Act."

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[–] iii@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'd rank my preference as:

(1) law applies equally to all.
(2) law does not apply equally to all, but at least they're honest about it.
(3) law does not apply equally to all, but they pretend it does.

So I guess, depending on if one previously thought (1) or (3) to be true, this is either a deterioration or an improvement.

[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

How is this is an example of (2), and not (1)? Is the law being applied inequally, or is it just that X is breakin it real bad?

[–] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the law being applied inequally or is it just that X is breakin it real bad?

Those aren't mutually exclusive. Both could be happening at the same time.

[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But I didn't even present them as mutually exclusive. Breaking the law is pretty much granted.

How is the law being applied inequally?

[–] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

How is the law being applied inequally?

The following:

"The fine could surpass $1 billion, one person said, as regulators seek to make an example of X to deter other companies from violating the law, the Digital Services Act."

The motivation of the punishment is ulterior to the crime.

As the goal seems to be show of force, and not simply application of the law, it raises the question: why this company? And it creates a non-coded shadow system of (illegal or not) behaviour/people/companies that need to be made an example of, and (illegal or not) behaviour/people/companies that do not need to be made an example of.

[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Making an example is what NYT says, not EU. I'm kind of ignorant of the subject so I don't know what an "appropriate" fine would look like, but for the size of X and how bad it is, I'd expect it to be massive even without any ulterior motive.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They're quoting people working on the case