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How can the EU deal with Musk and his tech agenda?

Anchal Vohra in Brussels
January 24, 2025

The European Union is assessing whether X has breached the bloc's tech rule book. But what can it do if X's owner Elon Musk refuses to comply with the landmark Digital Services Act?

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