Overview
- Brussels cited deceptive verification checkmarks, opaque ad disclosure and blocked researcher access, levying €45 million, €35 million and €40 million respectively.
- X has 60 working days to outline fixes and up to roughly 90 days to implement changes or face further enforcement.
- Separate EU investigations into X’s content moderation and algorithmic practices continue, with additional actions possible.
- Senior U.S. officials, including Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, criticized the decision, and Elon Musk posted that the EU should be abolished.
- In a parallel move, the Commission closed an ad-transparency case against TikTok after binding commitments, signaling differing outcomes based on cooperation.