BRUSSELS, April 4 -- European Union regulators are preparing to fine Elon Musk's social media platform, X, for violating a landmark law on illicit content and disinformation.

According to the New York Times, the penalties, expected to exceed US$1 billion (RM4.5 billion), will include fines and demands for product changes under the Digital Services Act.

"We have always enforced and will continue to enforce our laws fairly and without discrimination toward all companies operating in the EU," a European Commission spokesman said.

EU officials insist the investigation into X is independent of recent US-EU tensions over trade and tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.

X also faces a separate EU probe over allegations that its lax conte...