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In December 2023 the European Commission opened, as its first formal proceedings under the Digital Services Act (DSA), an investigation into Elon Musk's platform X (formerly Twitter). On 12 July 2024 the Commission communicated its preliminary findings, accusing X, among other things, of a paid blue checkmark system that deceives users about the authenticity of accounts, of an opaque advertising archive, and of failing to give researchers adequate access to data. On 5 December 2025 the Commission finally imposed a penalty of 120 million euros, split into 45 million euros for the verification checkmarks, 40 million euros for the denied researcher access and 35 million euros for the deficient advertising register. It was the first non-compliance decision under the DSA at all; in February 2026 X filed an appeal against it before the General Court of the European Union.

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Thursday, 16 July 2026Technology

EU accepts improvements from Musk's platform X

After a fine of 120 million euros, the European Commission has accepted the changes proposed by Elon Musk's platform X. At issue are violations of the Digital Services Act, including the misleading verification system. The legal dispute is not over, however, as X has appealed the fine.

The European Commission has accepted the remedial measures announced by the platform X after imposing a fine of 120 million euros on the company for violations of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Die Zeit reports that the Commission is satisfied with the proposals, including on the contested blue verification check mark. Le Monde quotes Commission spokesman Thomas Regnier as saying this is "an important step in the right direction," but stresses that the dispute is not over, since X appealed the European fine in February. The liberal German and the left-liberal French sources agree on the substance; X itself and Musk-aligned voices are absent in these reports, so the platform's perspective is visible mainly through its appeal. The background is the first formal DSA proceeding ever, which the Commission opened against X at the end of 2023. Whether the improvements are sufficient and how the court will rule on the appeal is still open.

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