Elon Musk responded on Saturday to the European Union's move to impose a major financial fine on the social media platform X. In a post to his 230 million followers, Musk said the bloc should 'scrap' the penalty. 'The EU should scrap the fine on X,' he wrote. 'We are simply allowing free speech, unlike other platforms.' This response came after the European Commission fined X 2 million euros for failing to provide information on its measures to combat disinformation. Musk, who bought Twitter last year and rebranded it as X, has repeatedly criticized European regulators for what he sees as suppressing free speech. He has also threatened to ban X in Europe if the company is forced to comply with content laws he deems excessive. In response, the European Union has stated that it will apply its laws to all platforms operating in its territory, regardless of their size or ownership.
