European Union: European Commission opened formal investigation into X’s compliance with obligations to carry out risk assessments and mitigate identified risks before deploying Grok’s functionalities on its platform

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European Commission opened formal investigation into X’s compliance with obligations to carry out risk assessments and mitigate identified risks before deploying Grok’s functionalities on its platform

On 26 January 2026, the European Commission opened a formal investigation into X to determine whether the company violated the Digital Services Act (DSA) during the deployment of its Grok artificial intelligence tool. The investigation focuses on wh…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, ML and AI development
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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2026-01-26
under deliberation

On 26 January 2026, the European Commission opened a formal investigation into X to determine wheth…