(Refiles to add story identifier for some readers, no change to content of story) WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission denounced the EU’s fine of Elon Musk’s social media company X on Friday for breaching EU online content rules. “Once again, Europe is fining a successful U.S. tech […]
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WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission denounced the EU’s fine of Elon Musk’s social media company X on Friday for breaching EU online content rules.
“Once again, Europe is fining a successful U.S. tech company for being a successful U.S. tech company,” FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in an X post. “Europe is taxing Americans to subsidize a continent held back by Europe’s own suffocating regulations.”
(Reporting by Katharine Jackson and Doina Chiacu; editing by Susan Heavey)