US EditionElon Musk Calls for EU to Be “Abolished” After €120m Fine on X
The EU fined X €120 million for breaching transparency rules under the Digital Services Act, prompting Musk to call for the EU's abolition and block the Commission's ad account.
- On Sunday, X deactivated the European Commission's ad account, with Nikita Bier saying `Your ad account has been terminated`.
- The European Commission fined X €120 million under the Digital Services Act for deceptive blue checkmarks and ad-transparency failures.
- X detailed how the European Commission logged into a dormant ad account to exploit the Ad Composer for deceptive links, while X staff said the exploit `has never been abused like this` and was patched.
- The commission now faces loss of ad-buying on X while its fine post stays visible and its account retains the government grey check, with 60 days and 90 days to respond to regulators.
- U.S. officials and diplomats reacted Friday to the fine, with Vice President J.D. Vance and Andrew Puzder calling it excessive while TechCrunch sought comment from the commission.
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The EU Commission imposed a million-dollar sentence on Elon Musk's online platform X. Now the company claims that in a contribution to this, the authority violated rules. That had to be punished.
Musk lambasts EU over fine on X
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON — US tech billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday blasted the European Union for a fine slapped 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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The European Commission has lost access to the control panel for the purchase and follow-up of Elon Musk's X-platform advertising, after the EU Executive has amended a 120 million euro platform for infringement of EU transparency rules...
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