Overview
- X disabled the European Commission’s advertising account, alleging the institution exploited an ad-editor bug to boost reach on its post about the fine.
- X’s product lead Nikita Bier said the vulnerability was corrected and claimed the tool had not been abused in that way before.
- A Commission spokesperson said the institution uses platform tools in good faith and expects features to comply with terms and European law.
- The Commission fined X €120 million for what it called a misleading paid blue-check system, citing Digital Services Act rules on deceptive design and transparency.
- X must address verification concerns within 60 days and ad-transparency issues within three months or face the possibility of additional sanctions.