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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Three points challenged by the Commission are the first sanction linked to the DSA (Digital Services Act).
EU fines X €120 million for breaching transparency rules, including ‘misleading design’ of verification badge
On Friday December 5, the European Union imposed a €120 million fine (approximately $140 million) on X, the social media company owned by Elon Musk and formerly known as Twitter, after ruling that the platform had violated the EU’s online content and transparency standards. The penalty marks the first-ever sanction issued under the bloc’s landmark Digital Services Act (DSA), a move that is likely… Source
Blue hooks, access by scientists, advertising – how is this regulated on X? The EU Commission is not transparent enough the platform X. Now the company of Elon Musk is to pay 120 million euros penalty.
On Friday, the EU fined X, Elon Musk's social network, 120 million euros (195 million Canadian dollars), at the risk of a new confrontation with US President Donald Trump.
This is an investigation initiated in December 2023 to determine whether X (old Twitter) violated EU digital services law.
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