Elon Musk's X fined €120M by EU in first clash under new digital laws
6 days ago
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- Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, fined €120m by the EU for breaching digital laws.
- Breaches included deceptive blue tick verification badges and lack of advertising transparency.
- EU rules require tech companies to provide public advertiser lists to prevent illegal scams and fake ads.
- X failed to provide required public data access to researchers monitoring political content.
- Investigation started two years ago under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
- Three other ongoing investigations relate to content promotion and algorithms post-Musk’s Twitter takeover.
- EU continues probing breaches of laws against incitement to violence and terrorism.
- Fine breakdown: €45m for deceptive verification, €35m for ad regulation breaches, €40m for data access issues.
- Musk has 90 days to respond or appeal the ruling.
- EU secured commitments from TikTok for ad transparency, addressing earlier concerns.