X challenges EU's evidence handling in Digital Services Act court appeal (update*)
By Sara Brandstätter and Nicholas Hirst ( May 4, 2026, 13:06 GMT | Insight) -- Social media platform X is challenging the European Commission’s handling of evidence and process for allowing access to documents in its appeal against a landmark €120 million fine for breaking the bloc's digital services law, according to details published on Monday in the EU’s Official Journal. The social media giant has argued that the commission's conditions made it difficult to properly assess the evidence and prepare its defense. X is challenging the European Commission’s handling of evidence and its process for allowing access to documents in its appeal against the landmark €120 million fine for breaking the bloc's digital services law, the EU’s Official Journal showed on Monday. ...
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