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Elon Musk has until the end of Wednesday to respond to demands from Brussels to remove graphic images and disinformation linked to the violence in Israel from his social network X — or face the full force of Europe's new social media rules.

Thierry Breton, the European Union commissioner who oversees the bloc's Digital Services Act (DSA) rules, wrote to the owner of X, formerly Twitter, to warn Musk of his obligations under the bloc's content rules.

If Musk fails to comply, the EU's rules state X could face fines of up to 6 percent of its revenue for potential wrongdoing. Under the regulations, social media companies are obliged to remove all forms of hate speech, incitement to violence and other gruesome images or propaganda that promote terrorist organizations.

Since Hamas launched its violent attacks on Israel on October 7, X has been flooded with images, videos and hashtags depicting — in graphic detail — how hundreds of Israelis have been murdered or kidnapped. Under X's own policies, such material should also be removed immediately.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

If that is Net Revenue, I have some bad news for the EU. 🤣🤣🤣

[–] [email protected] 71 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I think you're thinking of profits, which is revenue minus costs.

EU fines are a percentage of global revenue, which means all the money you make in any way, anywhere in the world, before subtracting any bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Which was $4.4 billion in 2022 and is estimated to be roughly $3 billion for 2023, so the maximum fine would be 180-264 million depending on which figure is used.
For comparison, the net loss (not profit) for 2022 for twitter was 270 million.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

Per occasion, and the Commission can also create a moderation enforcement team specifically for Twitter, basically forcing Twitter to have moderation, and put the cost of said moderation on Twitter, as charges separate to the fine.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Think your stats are off? You can see a post in my history with more EU focused math. If yours is better let me know and I'll update ;)

[–] PrincessLeiasCat 4 points 10 months ago

Oh shit, that’s awesome!!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Isn't EU fines turnover, which is revenue plus cost?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The "brilliance" of Elon's plan: he is impervious to EU fines because he doesn't make any money.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

He makes a lot ofmoney - he just loses more.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If that is gross revenue, I have bad news for the EU. "X" is, IIRC, operating in the red since Musk bought it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's revenue, not profit. "X, formerly Twitter" still gets paid by advertisers, even if the amount is much lower than it used to be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Ah. Alright, fair enough, thanks for correcting my mistake.