Exhibit 1155 ยท Agency letter
Letter from Commissioner Thierry Breton to Elon Musk (X Corp.), 12 August 2024 (Exhibit 16 to the House Judiciary report of 25 July 2025)
My services and I will be extremely vigilant to any evidence that points to breaches of the DSA and will not hesitate to make full use of our toolbox, including by adopting interim measures, should it be warranted to protect EU citizens from serious harm.
Written 'in relation to the planned broadcast on your platform X of a live conversation between a US presidential candidate and yourself', it reminds X of its DSA due-diligence duties, says the Commission is 'monitoring the potential risks in the EU' from spillovers of content that may incite violence, hate and racism around major political events, notes formal proceedings against X were already ongoing, and warns of 'interim measures'. House Judiciary Chairman Jordan replied on 15 August that the letter was a threat and an intrusion in the American democratic process (Ex. 17); Breton replied on 21 August (Ex. 18) and the Commission's later letter says the Commission 'would never interfere in the American democratic process' (Ex. 20-21).
- Source
- European Commission (Commissioner for the Internal Market)
- Date
- 12 August 2024
- Quoted from
- Letter, penultimate paragraph (appendix page 118 of the report PDF, rendered page 119)
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/2025-07/DSA_Report%26Appendix%2807.25.25%29.pdf
- Accessed
- 2026-11-10
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- Read from the rendered image of the exhibit page (text layer absent). The Commission's own copy was not retrieved; Breton posted the letter on X on 12 August 2024 per the report's footnote (https://x.com/ThierryBreton/status/1823033048109367549, not opened).