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International Business Times
International Business Times
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EU's Legal Weapon Facing The Heat From US Big Tech

EU lawmakers have upped the pressure on Brussels to enforce the bloc's Digital Services Act, including against Elon Musk's X (Credit: AFP)

For tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, the EU's digital rules are a tool of censorship. For the bloc, they are its most powerful weapon to stop the spread of illegal content.

The rules, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), will be debated in the European Parliament Tuesday, as dozens of lawmakers pile pressure on Brussels to enforce measures aimed at taming the worst excesses of social media.

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