Europe orders Elon Musk’s X to present documents on its recommendation algorithms

The European Commission (EC) says it has requested information from Elon Musk’s X related to the algorithms that determine the content it recommends to users. The EC wants to determine how these algorithms can be compliant or not with the Digital Services Act (DSA), which imposes key obligations on online platforms operating throughout the bloc.

With Germany preparing for a federal election in February, the German government had accused Elon Musk of trying influence the next election in favor of the extreme right AfD party However, as for a report in the Financial Timesthe Commission says that its latest request is not directly related to this.

U he asks expands an existing probe into the activity of X that the EC started in 2023. Now, the EC has asked X to provide “internal documentation” about its recognition systems, and any recent changes the company has made to them. It also issued a “retention order” requiring X to keep a record of any future changes until the end of 2025.

In addition, the EC requested access to some of X’s business APIs and technical interfaces.