The Guardian view on the EU and big tech: Brussels must lay down the law | Editorial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : A separate investigation into X under the auspices of the Digital Services Act - which deals with content moderation - last summer found it in preliminary breach of EU rules, following Mr Musk's takeover in 2022.
36% : But US bullying of Brussels over its regulation of big tech on behalf of EU citizens must be robustly resisted.
31% : But EU politicians (and British ones) must not be intimidated into an ill-judged deregulatory path with potentially damaging implications for democracy.
10% : Meanwhile there are growing fears that EU regulations on artificial intelligence, intended to lessen the risk of disinformation and political manipulation, are in danger of being watered down under pressure from the Trump administration.

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