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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

RARE PHOTOS: Eu commission urged to act over elon musk s interference in elections | Rare Historical Photos

Elon Musk
Musk has appeared to confirm reports that X promotes his tweets, by posting a meme about forcing followers to consume them. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The EU executive has been too slow in enforcing a major law intended to ensure good behaviour of social media companies, MEPs have said, amid growing concern about the aggressive forays of Elon Musk into European politics.

Pressure on the European Commission to act is growing as Musk, the X owner and world’s richest man, prepares to host a livestream conversation on the platform on Thursday with the leader of the far-right Alternative for Deutschland, Alice Weidel.

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