US EditionEU regulators hit Elon Musk’s X with 120 million euro fine for breaching bloc’s social media law
- 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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Elon Musk’s X Slapped With $140M Fine Over ‘Deceptive’ Blue Checkmarks
Regulators have hit Elon Musk’s X with a $140 million penalty for “deceptive” blue checkmarks that risked exposing its users to scams. Musk, 54, was slapped with a 120-million-euro ($140 million) fine by the European Commission, which said the platform “deceives users” in a statement announcing the decision. Authorities concluded that X’s paid blue checkmarks use “deceptive design practices” that leave people vulnerable to fraud and manipulation…
For the first time, the European Commission has announced a million-dollar sentence based on digital laws.
The European Commission has fined the operator of the social network X €120 million for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act. The breaches include the misleading design of the so-called blue ticks, the lack of transparency of the advertising archive and the failure to provide access to public data for researchers.
Due to a lack of transparency in advertising and user accounts, the EU Commission has imposed a penalty of EUR 120 million on the online service X. Another case against TikTok has been closed.
Elon Musk's social media has been fined a large million.
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