"Elon Musk is now calling for the dissolution of the European Union because it fined him $140 million for violating a law he once said was "exactly aligned" with his vision for (what was then called) Twitter. The EU hit X with a $140 million fine last week for violating the Digital Services Act (DSA). But (despite what you may have heard) this isn't some censorship overreach by Brussels bureaucrats."
"The fine is for three specific transparency failures: misleading users when Elon changed verification from actual verification to "pay $8 for a checkmark," maintaining a broken ad repository, and refusing to share required data with researchers. The European Union has announced a fine of $140 million against Elon Musk's X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, for several failures to comply with rules governing large digital platforms."
X (formerly Twitter) was fined €120 million ($140 million) under the EU Digital Services Act for three transparency failures. The specific violations were misleading users by converting verification into a paid "pay $8 for a checkmark" system, maintaining a dysfunctional advertising repository, and failing to provide required researcher data access. The enforcement targets transparency obligations, not content moderation or censorship. Elon Musk responded by urging the dissolution of the European Union and by misrepresenting the grounds for the penalty. EU enforcement reflects routine DSA obligations similar to existing or proposed U.S. rules.
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