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European Commissioner Thierry Breton, Who Took On Big Tech & Elon Musk, Resigns
Thierry Breton posted resignation letter on X accusing European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen of acting against him.
Breton and von der Leyen have been odds ever since the former publicly voiced disquiet about the latter’s parliamentary election campaign as well as her being reappointed as European Commission President for a second term. He also found himself at odds with von der Leyen in August when he sent a letter to Musk, urging him to ensure that X adhered to EU regulations and moderated content, ahead of the tech tycoon’s live interview with U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump. The European Commission announced last December that it had opened formal proceedings to assess whether X may have breached the DSA “in areas linked to risk management, content moderation, dark patterns, advertising transparency and data access for researchers”.
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