The European Commission on Monday opened a new formal investigation into social media platform X under the Digital Services Act (DSA), and broadened an ongoing probe to scrutinize the platform's compliance with EU rules governing recommender-system risk management.
In a press release, the commission said the new case will examine whether X properly assessed and mitigated risks associated with the deployment of Grok's functionalities in the EU, including risks linked to the spread of illegal content such as manipulated sexually explicit images.
X's Grok AI tool has come under mounting criticism following reports that it was used to generate allegedly illegal sexual content.
At the same time, the Commission broadened a separate case it opened in December 2023 to examine whether X has met its obligations to manage risks tied to its recommender systems, including the impact of X's recently announced switch to a Grok-based recommender system.
The Commission said it will continue to gather evidence, including by sending additional requests for information and conducting interviews or inspections, and "may impose interim measures" if there are no "meaningful adjustments" to the X service.
Under the DSA, companies can be fined up to 6 percent of their global annual turnover for breaches.
In December 2025, the European Commission issued its first non-compliance decision under the DSA, fining X 120 million euros for breaches, including the deceptive design of its blue checkmark.
EU starts investigating Grok, X's recommender systems
Wildfires have been ravaging in parts of Patagonia, Argentina, affecting more than 30,000 hectares of land including large forest areas.
Professional firefighters, the military and volunteers have worked around the clock to contain the fire, but extreme weather is worsening the situation.
Local residents said they are doing what they can with the resources they have to help control the fire, but it is not enough.
"The hardest part is knowing that if it doesn't rain, there is nothing that we can do. We can save houses. We can put out some of the fires. But if it doesn't rain, unfortunately we have few resources to address it," said Matias, a volunteer firefighter.
According a local fire control department, there is little rain forecast in the coming weeks. With no snow during the past winter, unusually high temperatures and high winds are now fueling these fires.
"That combination of factors meant that the fire had explosive impacts and advanced at an extraordinary pace. We have to remember this is dense forest with trees around 25 or 30 meters high. The fire essentially gained a life of its own," said Ariel Amtahuer, director of the local national parks fire managing department.
Currently two major wildfires have got out of control in this Argentine region. The first began in December 2025 in the Alerces National Park, a world heritage site. It is now just 12 kilometers away from joining the latest fire which began in early January.
Thousands of tourists have been evacuated, with homes and livelihoods destroyed, and irreparable damage done to the region's unique ecosystems.
"In the Andean forests lives one of the largest woodpeckers on the planet: the Magellanic woodpecker. To reproduce, this bird depends on ancient trees -- those over 200-years-old. This means it takes two centuries before a tree becomes suitable for the woodpecker to use for nesting," said Claudia Nardini, a natural environment scholar, who works with Aves Argentinas, a bird protecting organization.
Wildfires ravage in Patagonia, destroy forests in Argentina
