Overview
- Brussels fined X €120 million for alleged breaches involving paid blue-check verification, ad transparency and researcher data access.
- X disabled the European Commission’s advertising account, alleging the institution manipulated software by misclassifying links as videos.
- Elon Musk denounced EU officials with incendiary language and hinted at retaliation against individuals involved in the ruling.
- The Times reports X is the first company penalized under the DSA, a 2022 law that imposes extensive requirements on major platforms.
- Senior U.S. officials criticized the decision, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling it an attack on American tech and Vice President JD Vance defending X on free-speech grounds.