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EU Slaps Elon Musks X With $140 Million Fine Over Content Rules

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The logo of online social media and social networking service X on a smartphone screen. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty ImagesThe European Commission fined billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s X social media company 120 million euros ($140 million) on Dec. 5 following a two-year investigation under the Digital Services Act (DSA).The commission stated that X breached several transparency obligations, including the “deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark,’ the lack of transparency of its advertising repository, and the failure to provide access to public data for researchers.”

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