The European Union fined Elon Musk’s X 120 million euros (USD 140 million) for breaching the Digital Services Act. Violations included misleading blue checkmarks, incomplete ad databases, and limited access for researchers. Regulators aim to enforce stricter transparency and user protection rules.

London: European Union regulators on Friday fined Elon Musk’s social media platform X 120 million euros (USD 140 million) for failing to comply with the bloc’s digital regulations.

The European Commission issued its decision following an investigation it opened two years ago into X under the 27-nation bloc’s Digital Services Act.

Also known as the DSA, it’s a sweeping rulebook that requires platforms to take more responsibility for protecting European users and cleaning up harmful or illegal

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