ASMA MHALLA
Researchers of digital policies and major technical geopolitics of high -level research schools in social sciences
The answer is not easy. From a strict legal point of view, Elon Musk has not committed a crime. He simply expresses his opinion and provides political support. However, legal things are not necessarily legal.
From a moral point of view, there are three considerations. First, Musuku’s fundamental intention is the fragmentation of the EU. The Agenda in the United States aims to change Europe into a Vassalized market that loses technical regulations under commercial forced threats. This raises important questions: Is the mask working on behalf of the new US administration? The ambiguity is profound, but he has never been publicly denied by Donald Trump.
Second, the United States’s definition of “freedom of speech” does not match Europe’s legal standards, and will enter Europe into an existing and often unreasonable discussion. Finally, the tool of the concept of freedom of speech was a time bomb for ideology. It has evolved into a totem that represents RES to “media” and “establishment”.
In the absolute freedom, the mask is on the way to the domination of our law. The steps from post -truth politics to post -law politics are short, probably we have already taken. Facing this approaching threat, our institutional defense looks surprisingly weak.
Mikkel Flyverbom
Professor of communication and digital transformation of Copenhagen Business School
Yes, Musk interference -in a violent way that is not suppressed. What we are now seeing is an unprecedented alliance between politics, wealth, and technology, using all the means that can be used to pursue more control. Thus, when the masks were to interfere with politics around the world via the social media platform he bought, and Trump’s attention to the world, Mark Zackerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim. Cook. And Pichai is lined up to support Trump with their wealth and technology, which integrates what my colleagues and I have called “Internet industrial complex”.
In the next few years, our lives will be formed in an immeasurable way, depending on the axis of money, technology, and political force. In other words, except if we are from the personally, collective, and institutional, dominant social media and digital platforms.
It is clear that major high -tech companies have packaged products to invite free expressions, democracy, and community promises, but gave us something else. ‘Happiness and our economic opportunity. All you need is an alternative digital infrastructure that is less supplied to the Internet industry complex.
RALUCA CSERNATONI
Carnegie European friends
Musk configures the amplification of the European populist movement as a heroic position of freedom of speech. But the billionaire with a global platform is unimaginable, and his main political targets are not Russia or China, but Europe. This questions: Is he participating in a full campaign that damages the EU regulation by destroying the EU’s political balance?
The impact of the mask has an unpleasant similarity to the scrutiny of Tactoku. U.S. lawmakers have justified the prohibition of apps owned by Chinese ordinance, quoting concerns about national security, cyber security, and data misuse. Musk’s actions cannot be compared with the behavior of foreign enemies designated by a state -designated state like China, but they show similar soft interference. A foreign actor who uses algorithm tool to amplify the split political story.
Both masks and Tikk take advantage of the opaque power of social media algorithms, determining which voices will be raised during the election and which one is OWN. There is a reason to worry about the EU. Russian operations via Tactoku during the Romanian election in 2024 emphasize untrained platform issues. BLOC, who immediately started a Tiktok survey based on the Digital Services Act, can’t afford to ignore MUSK’s upset. Regardless of whether it is promoted by geopolitical or personal interests, unidentified effects of the digital platform information ultimately bring a systematic risk to democratic perfection.
MARIETJE SCHAAKE
Fellow of Cyber Policy Center at Stanford University
yes. Musk is clearly interfering with European politics, but not all of his ways he do is clear and transparent. His vocal support and the X platform to the far -right leader are openly generated, but the details of the X -algorithm remain uncertain. It is essential for the European Commission to use all regulatory tools for transparency and accountability. Beyond sanctions that may be based on the EU’s Digital Service Law, it should affect the trust of the mask company for defense and other contracts. Efforts to operate elections are national security risks.
Frederike Kaltheuner
ELON MUSK is not an influential individual to openly support far -right political parties like AFD. He is managing the main platforms that people have (even) and have learned about the news. This is not only his personal view, but also about his control on the central infrastructure of public discussions.
The problem is transparency. Despite the many years of regulations, there is no basic tool for the platform to be accountable. Did the mask adjust the algorithm to enhance good candidates, as suggested by the whistleblower? I can’t confirm. Is he promoting polarization or using tactics targeting voters? Again, we don’t know.
Tiktok also has a similar problem, taking reliable measures to separate US data infrastructure from the Chinese counter part. However, concerns are left. Is the Chinese government put pressure on the company? probably. Do you form public opinion? Probably, but we can’t know. Just today, was your friend’s Instagram account strangely following Trump?
Such a transparency gap gives the platform unidentified in forming public talks, regardless of ownership. The solution does not prohibit platforms, but measure the conflict with the freedom of international expressions. Instead, strict regulations need to be implemented to ensure transparency and accountability. In the long term, we need to invest in public resources in infrastructure that reconstructs digital public areas, protects rights, and maintains democratic value. Our collective future depends on that.
Jose Ignacio Torel Blanca
Senior policy fellows of the Madrid Office and the European Diplomatic Council
In the UK and Europe, freedom is protected by law and court. In either place, there is no freedom of speech or information. Needless to say, Elon Mask and Mark Zuckerberg make or modify them. X or META’s corporate profits directly proportional to lack of platform regulations. So they don’t want to be responsible for the illegal content that is dumped there and amplified.
The mask also has a political agenda. After Donald Trump helped to win the US election, he is now in the Crusade to support the far -right political party and groups and push anti -immigration and rebellion agendas. He uses his platform to damage the government and the elected officials, amplify the hate speech of these illegal extremist groups, and help him grasp.
The United States has banned Tiku because the parent company is subject to the Chinese National Security Law and may be forced to transfer personal data to Chinese authorities, not for political interference. This is a major contradiction because US law does not require the company to protect the private data of the citizens. In contrast, the EU applies the same law on data protection and foreign interference to all companies.
