""You logged into your dormant ad account to take advantage of an exploit in our Ad Composer - to post a link that deceives users into thinking it's a video and to artificially increase its reach." According to Bier, this is against the rules. "X believes everyone should have an equal voice on our platform," he said, telling the European Commission's X presence that its ad account had been terminated."
"In this instance, the EC used a dormant ad account, which fired up an older version of the Ad Composer tool, and hijinks ensued. According to Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok: "It's unlikely EU officials maintained a dormant account for years specifically to exploit this vulnerability... More probable: they used an existing account opportunistically when the chance arose." Bier said: "It has never been abused like this. It is now patched.""
X received a €120 million Digital Services Act fine for breaches relating to ad transparency, researcher data access, and the revised verification system. The European Commission used a dormant ad account to post a link that previewed as a video announcing the fine, exploiting an older version of X's Ad Composer. X's head of product, Nikita Bier, said the exploit deceived users and violated platform rules, and that the EC's ad account was terminated. X says the vulnerability has been patched. Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok suggested the EC likely used an existing account opportunistically. Requests for comment to the EC went unanswered.
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