Overview
- The Commission penalized three transparency breaches: €45 million for misleading verification marks, €40 million for restricted researcher data access, and €35 million for ad opacity.
- X must submit a remediation plan within 60 working days and implement changes within up to 90 days or face additional penalties.
- Elon Musk denounced the ruling on his platform, calling for the European Union to be abolished and accusing Brussels of censorship.
- U.S. officials, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, condemned the action as harmful to American tech companies, underscoring transatlantic friction.
- Alongside the fine, Brussels closed a separate ad-transparency procedure against TikTok after commitments, while keeping other probes into X over illegal content and disinformation open; X can appeal in EU courts.