The European Union has reportedly warned X that it could use the revenue of several companies owned by Elon Musk to calculate fines levied against the platform for violating social media laws. European regulators may take the annual revenues of Musk’s other companies — including SpaceX, Neuralink, xAI, and the Boring Company — into account to calculate fines, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.
4 billion as of August, amounting to a total markdown of nearly 80 percent since Musk purchased it, according to disclosures from Fidelity’s Blue Chip Growth Fund. DSA obligations apply “irrespective of whether the entity exercising decisive influence over the platform or search engine is a natural or legal person,” Thomas Regnier, a spokesperson for the commission, told Bloomberg.