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The EU is seeking more information from Elon Musk's X about changes to its corporate structure

EU probing corporate structure of X after xAI deal

The European Union said it was seeking more information from Elon Musk's X about changes to its corporate structure, months after the social media platform was bought by xAI in a $33 billion deal.

Business • 20 Jun

Three days have been set aside to hear Elon Musk's X appeal against a ruling that it must pay out an Irish record unfair dismissal award of €550,131 to a former executive.

Labour Court sets aside three days for X appeal on payout

The Labour Court has set aside three days at the end of next month to hear Elon Musk's X appeal against a ruling that it must pay out an Irish record unfair dismissal award of €550,131 to a former executive.

Business • 17 Jun

The Communications Workers' Union has announced a decision to formally close its account with X

CWU accuses X of being anti-worker and anti-union

The Communications Workers' Union has announced its decision to formally close its account with X, formerly Twitter, accusing the platform of being anti-worker, anti-union, and anti-democratic.

Business • 29 Apr

Musk took the business private after his $44bn purchase in October 2022

Losses at Irish arm of X increase by 14.5% to €753m

Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, incurred impairment charges of $26.41bn or €23.27bn across 2023 and 2022.

Business • 11 Apr

The Data Protection Commission has opened an investigation into X over the use of personal data collected from European Union users to train its AI system Grok

Irish data watchdog to investigate Musk's AI tool Grok

Ireland's data regulator has opened an investigation into social media platform X over the use of personal data collected from European Union users to train its AI system Grok.

Business • 11 Apr

X has more than 600 million users, and its future is 'intertwined' with that of xAI, launched two years ago, according to Elon Musk

Elon Musk says xAI startup buying X platform

Elon Musk has said his artificial intelligence startup xAI is buying his social networking platform X in a deal valuing the company once known as Twitter at $33 billion.

Business • 31 Mar

Italy is claiming 887.6 million euros from Meta, 12.5 million euros from X and around 140 million euros from LinkedIn.

Italy hands tax demands to Meta, X and LinkedIn

Italy has handed tax demands to Meta, X and LinkedIn in the last formal step in an unprecedented VAT claim against the US tech giants that could have repercussions across the European Union, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said today.

Business • 26 Mar

The mail presented staff at the tech firm with the choice of signing up to be part of an "extremely hardcore" work culture under Mr Musk's leadership

Award to ex-Twitter exec over dismissal up for appeal

X Corp's Irish subsidiary has filed an appeal against the record €550,000 award it was ordered to pay an executive who was dismissed after tech billionaire Elon Musk took over the firm and told staff to either sign up to work "long hours at high intensity" or have it taken that they had resign.

Business • 25 Feb

European Central Bank latest to join Bluesky

European Central Bank joins Bluesky, rival to Musk's X

The European Central Bank began posting on the Bluesky micro-blogging platform today, joining a rival to Elon Musk's X just as the US billionaire ramps up his political campaigning in Europe.

Business • 13 Jan

An Coimisiún has issued the decision following the notification of removal orders to these platforms from EU authorities

TikTok, X and Instagram 'exposed to terrorist content'

Media regulator Coimisiún na Meán has found that TikTok, X and Instagram are "exposed to terrorist content'.

Business • 13 Nov 24

Critics say Musk's hands-off approach has allowed lies and hate speech to spread on the platform formerly known as Twitter.

Guardian quits X social media platform

British news publisher the Guardian said today it will no longer post to X, citing "disturbing content" on the social media platform, including racism and conspiracy theories.

Business • 13 Nov 24

X said the restoration of its services in Brazil was 'inadvertent and temporary'

X goes offline again in Brazil - internet providers

The X social media platform is back offline in Brazil, a day after it resumed service in contravention of a judicial ban, the Brazilian Association of Internet and Telecommunications Providers said.

technology • 19 Sep 24

Dublin-based Twitter International UC has lodged an appeal against a ruling that it must pay out an Irish record unfair dismissal award of €550,131

X lodges appeal against record WRC unfair dismissal award

Elon Musk's Dublin-based Twitter International UC has lodged an appeal against a ruling that it must pay out an Irish record unfair dismissal award of €550,131 to a former executive.

Business • 17 Sep 24

The EU could decide within months to take action against X

Like Brazil, the European Union also has an X problem

X's woes are not limited to Brazil as it risks possible EU sanctions in the coming months for allegedly breaking new content rules.

World • 05 Sep 24

Brazil has set a deadline for X to name its legal representative for the country or face the site's suspension

Brazilian judge orders X to be taken down in country

Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes has ordered social media giant X to be taken down in the country after billionaire Elon Musk did not name a legal representative for his messaging platform in Brazil, a court decision has shown.

World • 30 Aug 24

The group led by privacy activist Max Schrems announced that it had filed General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) complaints with authorities in nine European Union authorities

X hit with Austrian data use complaint over AI training

Austrian advocacy group NOYB has filed a complaint against social media platform X accusing the Elon Musk-owned company of training its artificial intelligence (AI) with users' personal data without their consent in violation of EU privacy law.

Business • 12 Aug 24

Nicolas Maduro accused X owner Elon Musk of inciting hate, civil war, and death

Venezuela's Maduro blocks access to X for 10 days

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro took tensions with social media platform X and its owner Elon Musk to new heights, banning the platform in the South American country for 10 days amid furore over a disputed presidential election.

World • 09 Aug 24

The undertaking remains in place until September

X to pause using European user data to train AI systems

The operator of the 'X' social media platform has given an undertaking to the High Court to temporarily cease processing the personal data of its European users to train any of its Artificial Intelligence systems.

Business • 08 Aug 24

The case centres on the use of X user's data

DPC in action against Twitter over AI data concerns

The Data Protection Commission has launched High Court proceedings against Twitter International Unlimited Company over concerns about how the personal data of millions of European users of the "X" platform is being processed.

Business • 07 Aug 24

The plaintiffs claimed that because of the posts they have "suffered significant reputational damage"

High Court orders X to provide details about accounts

The High Court has made orders directing the social media platform X, which was formerly Twitter, to provide details about four accounts on its platform to another social media service and two of its founders.

Business • 12 Jul 24

Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in October 2022.

X loses lawsuit against Israeli data-scraping company

A US judge dismissed a lawsuit in which Elon Musk's X Corp accused an Israeli data-scraping company of illegally copying and selling content, and selling tools that let others copy and sell content, from the social media platform.

Business • 10 May 24

The European Commission has requested information from X on decreasing content moderation resources under the Digital Services Act

EU asks X for cutting content moderation resources detail

The European Commission has requested information from social media platform X on decreasing content moderation resources under the EU's Digital Services Act, it said today.

Business • 08 May 24

Disturbances at the junction of O'Connell Street and Parnell Square East following a knife attack on a woman and children in the area on 23 November

X defends its response to Dublin riots

X, formerly known as Twitter, has defended its response to the Dublin riots in November 2023 at a private session of the Oireachtas Media Committee.

Ireland • 21 Feb 24

Alexei Navalny died on Friday at the penal colony north of the Arctic Circle where he was serving a long jail term

EU summons Russian diplomat over Navalny death

The European Union has said that it had summoned the Russian charge d'affaires in Brussels over the death in prison of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

World • 20 Feb 24

Aaron Rodericks claimed he was suspended for allegedly liking disparaging posts about X, Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino (Stock image)

Irish-based X employee settles court action against firm

A senior Irish-based employee of social media platform X, who allegedly liked tweets critical of the company and its owner Elon Musk, has settled the High Court he brought against his employer after a disciplinary process was brought against him.

Courts • 01 Feb 24