The EU threatened Musk with sanctions after several journalists were removed from their accounts.
The vice president for values and transparency at the European Commission said that the suspension of journalists on the social networking site is worrying.
CNN correspondent Donie O'Sullivan and Ryan Mac, a reporter at The New York Times, were among the journalists who were suspended.
These journalists may have violated the policy on exposing someone's identifiable information.
The account that tracked the location of Musk's private jet was suspended by Twitter.
The EU may sanction Musk.
The Digital Services Act requires respect of media freedom. It's reinforced under the Media FreedomAct.
Red lines are visible. She said that sanctions would be forthcoming.
There wasn't any more information on the sanctions. The EU's Digital Services Act allows companies to be fined up to six percent of their global annual revenues.
Large platforms are required to reduce harms online, protect users' rights and issue transparency reports under the DSA.
The Commission requires big tech platforms to report the number of active end users by February 23rd of next year. After the bloc completes reviews of the numbers, they have four months to comply.
Since October, Musk has been the CEO of the company.
Civil liberties activists and politicians have been troubled by the steps taken by the boss of the two companies to restore the accounts of people who were banned.
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