US EditionTrump Calls EU Fine on X 'Nasty One', Says Europe Going in 'Bad Directions'
The European Commission fined X €120 million for breaching transparency rules under the Digital Services Act, marking the first penalty under the legislation, officials said.
- On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump criticised a European Union tech regulators' fine of 120 million euros on Elon Musk’s social media company X at the White House, saying, `I don't see how they can do that.`
- EU regulators say X breached Digital Services Act transparency obligations, including researchers' access and ad repository issues, and Henna Virkkunen, EU tech chief, defended the penalty as proportionate.
- Coverage of European enforcement highlights Elon Musk dismissed the X penalty last week and reposted criticisms, while U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and FCC Chair Brendan Carr denounced it as an attack on American firms.
- Trump added that Europe "is going in some bad directions" and expected the EU fine report later Monday, a dispute that could escalate U.S.–EU tensions and affect Washington policy aims.
- The U.S. National Security Strategy frames the row as part of broader aims toward Europe, including the chapter 'Promoting European Greatness,' which critics see as reflecting transatlantic strategic competition.
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The EU Insists Its X Fine Isn’t About Censorship. Here’s Why It Is.
by Christina Maas, Reclaim The Net: Europe calls it transparency, but it looks a lot like teaching the internet who’s allowed to speak. When the European Commission fined X €120 million on December 5, officials could not have been clearer. This, they said, was not about censorship. It was just about “transparency.” They repeat it so […]
Trump Criticizes EU $140M Fine on X, Warns Europe Is Heading ‘Bad Directions’
The European Union recently fined Elon Musk’s social media company X €120 million ($140 million) for violating online content rules, including failing to provide researchers access to public data, maintaining an incomplete advertising repository, and using misleading design for its blue check verification system.
The EU has presented its arguments.
The leader of the White House called the sentence "a very bad thing" and warned that Europe is at risk of radical change in its direction, affecting its citizens. "It's a very angry thing.... It's a hard thing. I don't think it's okay. I don't know how they could do it. I'll talk later about it, I'll get a report about it. Europe must be very careful. I want to keep Europe as it is. Europe is heading in the wrong direction. It's very bad, very b…
US President Donald Trump once again criticised Europe for months, stating that it goes into "misleading directions", just a few days after Washington's new US security strategy, which raises more problems on the European continent, including the issue of migration, according to DPA and AFP.
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