Elon Musk and X could face penalties should EU investigators find that he manipulated the site's algorithm to influence voters. The Digital Services Act allows the EU to impose hefty fines and even block the platform.

Elon Musk urged Germans to vote for the far-right Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) in an upcoming election in a conversation with its leader on his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) that highlighted the US billionaire’s growing ambition to sway European politics.