"On Dec. 5, the European Commission announced that they are fining X (formerlly Twitter) 120 million euros for impersonation scams with "verification," broken advertising transpaency system, and blocking researchers from its platform."
"On a Lawfare Live, Lawfare Senior Editor Kate Klonick and Lawfare Contributing Editor Renee DiResta analyzed the decision, what happens next, and how this fits into the geopolitical struggle over free speech."
On Dec. 5, the European Commission fined X 120 million euros for multiple regulatory failures. The penalties targeted impersonation scams enabled through the platform’s verification mechanisms, deficiencies in advertising transparency, and the platform’s blocking of academic and independent researchers. The fine signals stricter EU enforcement under digital services and advertising rules and creates incentives for immediate compliance changes to verification, ad disclosure, and data access policies. The decision will likely prompt legal appeals, increased regulatory scrutiny across jurisdictions, and broader debates about platform governance, content moderation, and the geopolitical implications for free-speech norms.
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