Twitter successor: Netzagentur expects a long legal dispute with X

The Federal Network Agency expects a long legal dispute in the conflict with tech entrepreneur Elon Musk ‘s Platform X. Since Musk took over, X has not paid enough attention to hate speech. “We expect that the matter will end up in court and that it may have to be fought all the way to the European Court of Justice,” said authority President Klaus Müller to Spiegel . “We believe that X is acting unlawfully.” This will be documented and demonstrated – and the responsible EU Commissioner, Thierry Breton, will hopefully set an example.

The dispute is about disinformation . The Foreign Office uncovered a pro-Russian campaign on X in January. 50,000 fake user accounts in German tried to stir up discontent against the federal government and undermine support for Ukraine, according to an analysis by ministry experts. Müller said that the network agency is currently preparing this information in a court-proof manner and sending it to Brussels, where the EU Commission will take care of it.

EU Commission proceedings opened in December

The EU Commission is responsible for supervising large online platforms such as X, and national authorities such as the Netzagentur can support them in this.

The EU Commission had already opened formal proceedings against X in December. The Commission announced that the authority had initiated investigations under the Digital Services Act due to, among other things, the “dissemination of illegal content”. The authority has already made a request for information – but the company is said to have not responded satisfactorily. According to its own statements, the commission also wanted to check whether the so-called blue ticks on the platform could have a “deceptive” effect.

The Federal Network Agency expects a long legal dispute in the conflict with tech entrepreneur Elon Musk ‘s Platform X. Since Musk took over, X has not paid enough attention to hate speech. “We expect that the matter will end up in court and that it may have to be fought all the way to the European Court of Justice,” said authority President Klaus Müller to Spiegel . “We believe that X is acting unlawfully.” This will be documented and demonstrated – and the responsible EU Commissioner, Thierry Breton, will hopefully set an example.

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