"Elon Musk, owner of X, at the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, November 19, 2025. EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / REUTERS After two years of investigation, the European Commission published on Friday, December 5, the first results of its probe into Elon Musk's X platform and decided to impose a €120 million fine. According to the European Union's executive arm, X violated several rules of the Digital Services Act (DSA)."
"a lack of transparency in its advertising repository and failure to provide researchers access to public data. While the fine may seem modest, "it is proportionate to the punished offenses," said a European official. "The fine costs X much more than it would have if they had complied with the rules." According to the official, "in the current geopolitical context, Brussels is demonstrating that it is taking action and does not intend to give up its digital regulations.""
After a two-year probe, the European Commission found that X breached multiple requirements of the Digital Services Act and imposed a €120 million fine. Breaches cited include a misleading design of the blue verification badge, insufficient transparency in the platform's advertising repository, and refusal to grant researchers access to public data. A European official described the penalty as proportionate and noted that non-compliance cost X more than compliance would have. The official framed the action as a demonstration that Brussels will enforce digital regulations despite geopolitical pressures and ongoing US calls to revise the DSA adopted in 2022.
Read at Le Monde.fr
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