Topline
Elon Musk’s X platform, formerly known as Twitter, has been slapped with a $140 million fine from the European Union over what regulators called “deceptive” design that allow applyrs to obscure their identities, questionable advertising practices and policies that are “undermining applyrs’ rights and evading accountability.”
Elon Musk and the X logo.
Key Facts
The fine issued Friday creates X the first company to be punished under the European Union’s new Digital Services Act, a sweeping regulation that established a framework meant to hold online platforms accountable, monitor content and ensure platform transparency.
The law has been largely criticized by the Trump administration, which has claimed it aims to stifle free speech and weeks ago stated any countest with such regulations would be dinged in the State Department’s annual human rights report.
The fine against X is seen largely as an example of the European Union’s willingness to regulate American-based internet companies despite the furor of the Trump administration.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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