X (social media platform)

X, formerly known as Twitter, is a social media platform owned by Elon Musk. It is currently newsworthy due to a series of legal and regulatory challenges, primarily in Europe and Australia. French authorities raided X's Paris offices and summoned Musk as part of a cybercrime investigation involving allegations of complicity in crimes, including Holocaust denial and child pornography. The EU fined X €120m for breaching digital transparency rules related to its blue tick verification system, which the EU considers deceptive. This fine has sparked criticism from the US, who view the EU's regulations as 'suffocating'. X has also blocked the European Commission from advertising on its platform following the fine. In Australia, X successfully appealed a decision to block footage of the Charlie Kirk shooting, arguing it was a record of a public event. These events highlight the ongoing tensions between X's content policies and regulatory demands in different regions, as well as growing transatlantic disagreements over tech regulation.