BRUSSELS >> Elon Musk’s social media company X was fined 120 million euros ($140 million) by EU tech regulators today for breaching EU online content rules, the first sanction under landmark legislation that once again drew criticism from the U.S. government.

Rival TikTok staved off a penalty with concessions.

Europe’s crackdown on Big Tech to ensure smaller rivals can compete and consumers have more choice, has been criticized by the administration of President Donald Trump, which says it singles out American companies and censors Americans.

The European Commission, the EU’s executive, said its laws do not target any nationality and that it is merely defending its digital and democratic standards, which usually serve as the benchmark for the rest of the world.

The EU sanction against

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