Earlier this month, a Berlin court ordered X, owned by Elon Musk, to provide immediate access to public platform data to two civil society organisations seeking to study systematic risks in future elections. Ta. In an X’s post, the social media company said Tuesday it was challenging the order, “it seriously undermines our fundamental rights to a legitimate process and threatens the right to privacy and freedom of speech of users.” He claims that.
The Data Access Challenge falls under the European Union’s Digital Services Act. This is an online rulebook that requires a larger platform, such as X. In this case, two democratic civil society groups reporting International and German Civil Rights Association (GFF) study the impact of social media on future federal elections, including examining X’s “potential manipulation” I aim to do that.
However, X’s challenge to the Berlin Court’s order on February 7 could delay or derail efforts to study public chatter on the platform ahead of the election. This will take place soon on February 23rd.