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EU Fines Elon Musk’s X €120 Million in First Digital Services Act Sanction

The penalty follows a two-year EU probe into deceptive verification design, ad library transparency failures, plus limited researcher data access.

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Overview

  • The European Commission issued the first enforcement action under the DSA against X for violating the bloc’s online content rules.
  • Regulators cited misleading use of the blue verification badge, a lack of transparency in the ads repository, and inadequate access to public data for researchers.
  • EU technology chief Henna Virkkunen said the fine was proportionate and argued the DSA is about applying rules rather than censorship, adding future decisions should come faster.
  • TikTok avoided a penalty after pledging changes to its ads library, while other DSA investigations continue across platforms.
  • U.S. officials including Vice President J.D. Vance criticized the decision as targeting American companies, and X did not immediately comment; DSA fines can reach up to 6% of global revenue.