We are opening an investigation into Grok because we believe that X may have breached the DSA.

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@katzenberger @EUCommission Fair point. Very icky.

@EUCommission
Nunrersuchungen sind ja ganz notwendig , Besser wäre es aber:Keine Kostenplichtigen Accounts mehr, keine relevanten Werbungen, Keinewichtigen Teilnehmer mehr auf dieser Dreckschleuder X.
Es gibt gute Europäische Alternativen!!!

@haraldrieder @EUCommission

Das würde zumindest gut zur Resolution in Sachen digitale Souveränität passen.

EU-Parlament: Große Mehrheit stimmt für digitale Souveränität

Fraktionsübergreifend hat das EU-Parlament eine Resolution angenommen, die gegen digitale Abhängigkeit von Technologiekonzernen wirken will. EU-Kommission und Mitgliedsländer werden zu einer Bestandsaufnahme und konkreten Gegenmaßnahmen aufgefordert.

BR24 (www.br.de)

@EUCommission I'll believe it once I see it. As of now you're actively funding X by having a presence there - and posting regularly - hence directing ad income their way.

@EUCommission

@EUCommission Then stop taking money from the lobby groups, stop deregulation, start holding them accountable. 155 Million Euros in lobby money in 2025 divided between 733 lobby groups, the biggest spenders are the usual suspects.

All our data go to US tech corporations for whatever purposes while we in turn get the right-wing propaganda by the big players who are all firmly behind Trump whose goal it is to destroy NATO and the EU. What could go wrong, right?

Big Tech lobby budgets hit record levels | Corporate Europe Observatory

New figures show that the digital industry as a whole is now spending €151 million a year on lobbying the EU, a major increase to what was already considerable firepower.

Corporate Europe Observatory (corporateeurope.org)

@EUCommission "In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights."

Great news!! So, you are going to take down petrochemical industries that attack our fundamental right to a good health, for example? 😀

@EUCommission Sounds good, but I think I'd be more inclined to believe you were serious about it if you didn't still have an active Twitter account.

@EUCommission

no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights.

Shouldn't anyone who tries then be suspended until the end of the investigation? Or is not damaging their revenue more important than not harming citizen rights?

@EUCommission awesome! do you have the means to block grok until the investigations are over?

@EUCommission ban X from the EU as soon as possible. Be independent and create a path for a different technology in the EU.

@EUCommission The best time to leave X was when Elon Musk bought twitter. The second best time to leave X is today.

@EUCommission just leave X altogether

If you @EUCommission are concerned about #childabuse why don't you start an investigation into #JeffreyEpstein?

Is the content in question #antisemitic based on the #zionism and #genocidefriendly #IHRA definition, or according to the much more accurate and #antiracist #jerusalemdeclaration?
https://jerusalemdeclaration.org/

No response isn't social and nothing less than ignorance on purpose, isn't it? At least for a democratic institution, right? Unfortunately, dodging questions doesn't make them fade away, but feeds the #mandelaeffect massively. Imho #Transparency can only improve your situation.

@EUCommission So you're starting by closing all your accounts on X, right?

@BartV @EUCommission That would be a good start. And while you're at it, start a campaign to stimulate the usage of distributed social media like Mastodon.

@EUCommission it would be cool if they had to pay per violation, and not just once

@EUCommission
Good and frankly long overdue step.

Furthermore, as others have already mentioned, withdrawing from that platform would also be a correct step. Yes, it's a bit different from the position of institution since you need to reach people somehow (kind of like journalists need to stick to even some nasty spaces) however:

A) That corner of space should be under YOUR control. Basically what you're doing with Mastodon presence is the way to go. Your instance, your infrastructure, without reliance on external actors, especially now

B) It must COMPLEMENT the official channels, not replace them. Your social outreach must not become what the US institutions (and I use the term loosely) are doing.

So yes, you're walking in the right direction and there's still room for growth.
Also, probably the most important thing: Social media must be "people first" not "engagement first".