Elon Musk’s X takes on meddlesome European censors

Earlier this month, the European Union brought its first charges under the Digital Services Act against X (formerly Twitter), claiming it deceives users and lacks transparency measures required by the law. Another probe by EU regulators of the platform claims X has refused to comply with an EU law that would force the company to remove posts that EU regulatory authorities declared were misinformation or disinformation.

At issue is Europe’s desire to prohibit certain “inappropriate” speech...