US EditionEU regulators hit Elon Musk’s X with 120 million euro fine for breaching bloc’s social media law
The €120 million fine is the EU's first under the Digital Services Act for misleading verification, ad transparency failures, and blocking researcher data access on X.
- On Friday, the European Commission fined Elon Musk's social media platform X €120m under the Digital Services Act after a two-year investigation.
- EU regulators said X breached transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act by using a deceptive blue checkmark design, opaque ad repository, and denying researcher access.
- The Commission broke the penalty into 45 million, 40 million and 35 million components tied to specific breaches, with X having 60 and 90 days to submit remedies, and 'Failure to comply with the non-compliance decision may lead to periodic penalty payments.'
- Facing US criticism and the prospect of legal challenge, X can appeal the Commission's decision in European courts, while Henna Virkkunen insisted, `We are not here to impose the highest fines` and US Vice President JD Vance criticised the move.
- As the EU issues its first DSA sanction, the ruling establishes a precedent for wider enforcement across the 27-nation European Union, with ongoing investigations into X's handling of illegal content and algorithmic systems and other probes into TikTok continuing.
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EU says it will ‘make sure’ Elon Musk pays €120 million X fine
The European Commission has insisted Elon Musk’s X will have to pay a €120 (£105) million fine for violating EU transparency rules. The Commission has called Musk’s blue-check badge system ‘deceptive’ and noted that paid verification makes users more vulnerable to counterfeits and fraud. The Commission issued the penalty for breaches of transparency and deceptive design obligations under the EU’s Digital Services Act on Friday. X was also fined …
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Musk blasts EU over fine on social media platform X
U.S. tech billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday blasted the EU for a fine imposed on his social media platform X for violating transparency rules, warning that his response would target the officials responsible for the penalty.
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