X political bias in the US presidential election campaign and enforcement of the Digital Services Act
7.11.2024
Priority question for written answer P-002459/2024
to the Commission
Rule 144
Sandro Gozi (Renew)
A recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) analysis found that X’s algorithm exhibited a strong bias in favour of Donald Trump’s campaign during the US presidential election. This also raises serious concerns for EU citizens, especially in light of the adoption, implementation and enforcement of the Digital Services Act (DSA).
With this in mind:
- 1.Is the Commission aware of the WSJ publication entitled ‘X Algorithm Feeds Users Political Content – Whether They Want It or Not’ from 29 October 2024?
- 2.Does the Commission consider X’s algorithm exhibiting such a strong political bias to be compatible with DSA rules? If not, what measures will the Commission take to address X’s violation of DSA rules and to ensure that EU citizens are not subject to information manipulation spread by social media platforms such as X?
Submitted: 7.11.2024
Last updated: 11 November 2024