The investigation is specifically about whether X spreads disinformation in a way that is punishable under the DSA, but the headline makes it look like it’s unclear whether X spreads disinformation at all. So I think it’s at least somewhat misleading.
Yeah we can’t be punishing websites merely for having disinformation posted on them, because then malicious actors would target websites and post disinformation on them in order to get the website taken down. It has to be only when the website’s handling of disinformation submitted is wrong. However, Musk already landed himself in hot water by directly promoting a known disinformation sources from his personal account.
If it wasn’t alleged, no investigation would be necessary.
The investigation is specifically about whether X spreads disinformation in a way that is punishable under the DSA, but the headline makes it look like it’s unclear whether X spreads disinformation at all. So I think it’s at least somewhat misleading.
Disinformation on X is pretty much a given, as has been reported many times, see for example X, formerly Twitter, amplifies disinformation amid the Israel-Hamas conflict as reported by CNBC.
Yeah we can’t be punishing websites merely for having disinformation posted on them, because then malicious actors would target websites and post disinformation on them in order to get the website taken down. It has to be only when the website’s handling of disinformation submitted is wrong. However, Musk already landed himself in hot water by directly promoting a known disinformation sources from his personal account.