EU issues €120 million fine to Elon Musk’s X under rules to tackle disinformation

The European Commission fined X €120 million under the Digital Services Act, citing misleading practices around paid verification, inadequate transparency for political advertisements, and barriers to researcher access to public data. The decision underscores the EU’s push to combat disinformation and influence operations via platform transparency, while sparking political controversy with U.S. officials who frame the enforcement as censorship and a trade barrier.