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• NewsMax.com Nicole Weatherholtz on x

  Rubio Blasts $140M EU Fine of Musk's X for Digital Violations

• @jdvance JD Vance on x

  Rumors swirling that the EU commission will fine X hundreds of millions of dollars for not engaging in censorship. The EU should be supporting free speech not attacking American companies over garbage.

• @secrubio Secretary Marco Rubio on x

  The European Commission's $140 million fine isn't just an attack on @X, it's an attack on all American tech platforms and the American people by foreign governments. The days of censoring Americans online are over.

• @brendancarrfcc Brendan Carr on x

  Once again, Europe is fining a successful U.S. tech company for being a successful U.S. tech company. Europe is taxing Americans to subsidize a continent held back by Europe's own suffocating regulations. [image]

• @repluna Rep. Anna Paulina Luna on x

  Explain to me why we should continue to do business with EU and NATO countries when they're pulling this type of crap on the back end. Now they're going to fine @X because they won't censor speech? This is beyond bizarre.

• @senrickscott Rick Scott on x

  America is done looking the other way while foreign governments seek to censor our people and bully our companies. @ElonMusk turned @X into a place where free speech thrives. It speaks volumes that the European Commission has a problem with that.

• @undersecpd @undersecpd on x

  I reiterated concerns to French officials about the DSA's misguided attempt to regulate American tech companies that offer free speech platforms to the world. DSA fines—of up to 6% of global revenue for non-compliance with vague and extreme regulation—threaten the vitality of

• @tedcruz Ted Cruz on x

  The European Commission's $140 million fine on @X is an abomination. It's an attack on a great American job creator & it's an attack on the free speech of every American. Trump should impose SANCTIONS until this travesty is reversed.

• @afergusonftc Andrew Ferguson on x

  Secretary Rubio is right. The EU not only wants to censor Americans, it's paying itself for the privilege. Disgraceful. Censorship and the targeting of American companies by foreign governments needs to stop now.

• @howardlutnick Howard Lutnick on x

  The Digital Services Act is designed to stifle free speech and American tech companies. We have made our position clear to our counterparts in Europe.

• r/goodnews r on reddit

  Elon Musk's X fined €120m over ‘deceptive’ blue ticks

• r/EnoughMuskSpam r on reddit

  Elon Musk's X fined €120m over ‘deceptive’ blue ticks

• @sandrogozi Sandro Gozi on x

  The @EU_Commission has finally moved, and Europe sends a clear message: our laws are not optional. Musk and his allies shout censorship to hide a simple truth: transparency and user safety come first. Those who try to bully the EU will find a continent that won't bend.

• @basedmikelee Mike Lee on x

  Why is Europe trying to censor X? Millions of Europeans are finally getting red-pilled by reading actual, unbiased news on X—instead of state-approved, legacy-media propaganda So naturally, the European Commission is trying to kill X—because “the truth is dangerous”

• @durov Pavel Durov on x

  The EU exclusively targets platforms that host inconvenient or dissenting speech (Telegram, X, TikTok...). Platforms that algorithmically silence people are left largely untouched, despite far more serious illegal content issues.

• @chrispavlovski @chrispavlovski on x

  The USA should sanction the EU immediately. Any country that violates our human right to free speech or imposes penalties to US companies exercising this right should feel the immediate wrath by the full power of the US government. Without free speech, we have nothing.

• @durov Pavel Durov on x

  The EU imposes impossible rules so it can punish tech firms that refuse to silently censor free speech. We saw the same in France: a baseless “criminal investigation”, then intelligence services offering to help with it if @telegram quietly censored speech in Romania and Moldova.

• @hennavirkkunen Henna Virkkunen on x

  Today, we have issued a fine to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the #DSA. The breaches concern the deceptive design of its blue checkmark, the lack of transparency in its ads repository, and the failure to provide access to public data for researchers. [image]

• @dhh @dhh on x

  The EU slaps X with a $140m fine for “confusing users with blue checkmarks” while its citizens choose to trust X as their news source. Meanwhile, traditional media outlets there will write befuddled stories about the mystery of falling trust in the old institutions.

• @dhh @dhh on x

  Europe can't fine or regulate its way back to technological relevance. Monopoly interventions must be based on simple economics. Having Brussels design the color of the checkmark is retarded. The DSA, DMA, and even GPDR has got to go. Full reboot required.

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  The “EU” imposed this crazy fine not just on @X, but also on me personally, which is even more insane! Therefore, it would seem appropriate to apply our response not just to the EU, but also to the individuals who took this action against me.

• @timsweeneyepic Tim Sweeney on x

  @tomwarren Very strange. After prior Twitter leadership treated verification as a perk nominally reserved for “the elite” by but in practice handed out by Twitter employees to friends and cronies, Elon opened it up to everyone for a reasonable price. This was a good thing.

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  Indeed, the goal was to democratize verification, rather than have it be controlled by a group of biased elites!

• @prestonjbyrne Preston Byrne on x

  The GRANITE Act would allow X to sue the European Commission in U.S. federal court for three times this amount, and get injunctive relief against the Commission's orders. Congress should enact it ASAP to head off this European censorship attempt.

• @barryandrewsmep @barryandrewsmep on x

  🇺🇸 Factcheck Mr. Vice President: the @DigitalEU investigation is not about censorship but about @X hiding its work from researchers and misleading us as users [image]

• @tomwarren Tom Warren on x

  the EU has fined X (Twitter) $140 million over “deceptive” blue checkmarks. “Deceiving users with blue checkmarks, obscuring information on ads and shutting out researchers have no place online in the EU,” says the bloc's tech chief https://www.theverge.com/...

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  Much appreciated

• @esjesjesj @esjesjesj on x

  600 people were fired for making comments about Charlie Kirk including just posting things he said

• @chesschick01 Natalie F Danelishen on x

  Deny all foreign aid to countries that threaten our first amendment rights. It's FAFO time.

• @nathalieloiseau Nathalie Loiseau on x

  When European companies do business in the US, they abide by US law. US business in the EU is very profitable and must respect EU law. Simple, clear and hardly disputable.

• @moroskostas Kostas Moros on x

  This is an instance where our country needs to behave more imperially. When supposed allies try to crack down on an American company for protecting American values, we need to use our considerable power to pressure them not to do that. Nicely at first through diplomatic means,

• @jordwalke @jordwalke on x

  Imagine having to live in Europe.

• @tonyannett Tony Annett on x

  Your wicked regime sends masked goons to grab and disappear people who wrote op-eds you don't like. So sit the hell down.

• @ununitedstates @ununitedstates on x

  Awesome how people get imprisoned and deported for writing op-eds but these demons get to keep harping about social media censorship

• @itsdeanblundell Dean Blundell on x

  Yet your President killed trade negotiators with Canada over a TV commercial because he loves free speech so much. You stunned fuck.

• @heinrichkuttler Heiner on x

  This is just true.

• @trobinsonnewera Tommy Robinson on x

  The EU having the audacity to threaten to FINE 𝕏 for refusing to censor the European people. The same EU which fines Hungary EVERY DAY for refusing to let invaders into their country. Tyrants working against Europeans. Dismantle them. [image]

• @micsolana Mike Solana on x

  and for my next trick [image]

• @angusdav Angus Davis on x

  The solution is “The Granite Act” https://prestonbyrne.com/... @prestonjbyrne

• @jason @jason on x

  @JDVance What are we going to do about it?

• @cpthodl John Karony on x

  Free speech is becoming an American luxury not available in most western countries.

• @berinszoka Berin Szóka on x

  More nonsense. X faces liability under the 🇪🇺 Digital Services Act for (1) deceiving users by selling blue ✔️ for “verified” users (2) inadequate ad transparency, and (3) researcher access to data. The Commission has not moved past investigating how X handles unlawful content or

• @dhh @dhh on x

  As much as I wish it was otherwise, the EU's engagement with American tech giants is no longer rooted in a legitimate antitrust interest, but is now equal parts a union-wide censorship operation and a proxy trade war.

• @daractenus @daractenus on x

  The United States currently ranks below Ghana, Namibia and nearly every single European country when it comes to freedom of press. You don't get to lecture anyone on this. [image]

• @grummz @grummz on x

  If the EU goes through with censoring X, the US should pull out of NATO and impose 100% tariffs immediately. Otherwise the West will fall. Yes, X is that crucial.

• @francesca_bria Francesca Bria on x

  Europe is sovereign. We won't let tech oligarchies, or foreign politicians, dictate our rules. Enforcing EU law isn't censorship; it's defending our democracy, people's rights, and digital sovereignty.

• @oldsquida @oldsquida on bluesky

  “The fine is long overdue but insufficient”  —  ya think?  —  “The E.U. must keep at it and not bow to geopolitical pressure from the U.S.”  —  yeah, like that would ever happen  —  unpaywalled: archive.ph/2025.12.06-0...

• @daphnek Daphne Keller on bluesky

  The ads thing is that the DSA requires a public archive showing what ads ran, who paid for it, etc.  X fell drastically short.  Like, didn't show the content of the ad or who paid for it.  —  More here in @ec.europa.eu announcement, sorry I didn't link before!  —  ec.europa.eu/co…

• @paddyopatrick Patrick on bluesky

  Elon Musk's X fined €120m over ‘deceptive’ blue ticks  —  I'm old enough to remember when Blue Ticks were limited to properly verified accounts.. but then Musk made if “pay to prove you're a kosher a/c” and X's pace increased as it spiraled into a toxic pit of hate &extremism …

• @abenewman Abe Newman on bluesky

  Transatlantic crisis brewing: EU imposes huge fine on X for breaching digital rules as US releases national security strategy warning EU against implementing digital regulations.  —  www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/ u...  www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

• @tonaarts Ton Aarts on bluesky

  1/x €45 Million - For deceptive “Blue Checkmarks”  —  Under X, it became a paid feature anyone could buy  —  €40 Million - For blocking Researcher Access  —  Failing to provide researchers with access to public data  —  €35 Million - For failed advertising transparency …

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on bluesky

  Elon Musk's X gets the first EU DSA fine ($140M) for deceptive blue checks, lack of transparency in its ad repository and blocking researcher data access.  —  I doubt X changes course.  So even if they pay, what happens next?

• @ninajankowicz.com Nina Jankowicz on bluesky

  There will be many who claim this is about “free speech,” but it's not—it's about X and Musk's shady business practices:  —meaningless blue checks w no real verification  —a lack of ad transparency  —not providing data access for researchers  —  ...all req'd under DSA. …

• @matthewdasmitdog Matthew Smith on bluesky

  Be thankful it's only 120M Elon...don't make them alter it any further.  🤭 [embedded post]

• @robin.berjon.com Robin Berjon on bluesky

  When you have neither spine nor vision you end up enforcing your regulation in ways that achieve nothing but still give bullies and fascists a hook to play victim and kick you with at the same time.  —  ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

• @EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ie Eugene McParland on mastodon

  Elon Musk's social media platform X has been fined €120m by the #EU over its blue tick badges - despite US warnings about doing so.  —  The European Commission said by allowing people to pay for a blue verified check mark on their profile, the platform “deceives users” because th…

• @jjaursch@mastodon.social Julian Jaursch on mastodon

  “Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act”  —  As part of the Commission's findings, X has 90 days to present an action plan to deal with infringements regarding researcher access to public data.  —  This might not lead to positive changes immediately/soon b…

• @mistakenotmy@mastodon.social Wolf Ha on mastodon

  New: The European Commission has issued a fine of €120 million (~$140m) to X (Twitter) for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).  —  The breaches include the deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’, the lack of transparency of its advertisi…

• r/BuyFromEU r on reddit

  Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act