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European Union: European Commission fined X EUR 120 million for breaching transparency obligations under Digital Services Act

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European Commission fined X EUR 120 million for breaching transparency obligations under Digital Services Act

On 5 December 2025, the European Commission fined X EUR 120 million for breaching transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The noncompliance decision concerns three areas, the deceptive use of the “blue checkmark”, insufficient…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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2023-10-12
under deliberation

On 12 October 2023, the European Commission sent a request for information to X, formerly Twitter, …

2023-12-18
under deliberation

On 18 December 2023, the European Commission initiated an investigation into X's, formerly Twitter…

2024-05-08
under investigation

On 8 May 2024, the European Commission issued a request for information (RFI) under the Digital Ser…

2024-07-12
under investigation

On 12 July 2024, the European Commission sent its preliminary findings to X, indicating that it is …

2025-01-17
under deliberation

On 17 January 2025, the European Commission introduced three additional technical investigatory mea…

2025-12-05
in force

On 5 December 2025, the European Commission fined X EUR 120 million for breaching transparency obli…

2026-01-26
under investigation

On 26 January 2026, the European Commission extended its existing investigation into X to further e…