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EU accepts action plan by Elon Musk’s X to become more transparent

By Thomson Reuters Jul 15, 2026 | 11:27 AM

BRUSSELS, July 15 (Reuters) – The European Union, which fined Elon Musk’s social ​media network X €120 ‌million ($137.2 million) last year, said on Wednesday it had accepted an action plan by X ‌to ​comply with ⁠transparency rules under ⁠the EU’s Digital Services Act.

“The European Commission has accepted X’s action plan to ​comply with transparency obligations and researchers’ access ⁠to data ⁠under the Digital Services ​Act,” it said in ​a statement.

“The approved measures represent ‌an important step in enabling researchers, civil society and the public in ⁠general to gain more transparency into X’s systems, in particular to ⁠monitor ‌X’s systemic risks ⁠and to assess ​the ‌platform’s broader impact on ​its users ⁠and European society as a whole,” it added.

($1 = 0.8745 euros)

(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by ​Jan Harvey)