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Elon Musk’s X fined €120m by EU in first clash under new digital laws

Media | The Guardian · Lisa O’Carroll · last updated

Ruling likely to put European Commission on collision course with billionaire, and possibly Donald Trump

Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, has been fined €120m (£105m) after it was found in breach of new EU digital laws, in a ruling likely to put the European Commission on a collision course with the US billionaire and potentially Donald Trump.

The breaches, under consideration for two years, included what the EU said was a “deceptive” blue tick verification badge given to users and the lack of transparency of the platform’s advertising.

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