EU hits X with £120 million fine for breaching digital rules

Brussels, 5 December (LaPresse) – The EU Commission has fined Elon Musk’s X £120 million for violating transparency obligations under the European Digital Services Act (DSA). Today’s decision is the first non-compliance decision adopted under the DSA, which aims to put an end to the Wild West of the internet. The violations include the misleading design of the blue tick, the lack of transparency of the advertising archive and the failure to provide access to public data for researchers. The investigation into suspected violations of the DSA related to the dissemination of illegal content is still ongoing.