The European Union fines the X platform worth 120 million euros

This is the first penalty imposed by the European Commission under the detailed Digital Services Law that was passed two years ago to combat illegal and harmful content on the Internet.

Imposing fines on X

The European Commission confirmed that the fine has nothing to do with censorship.

Hina Virkkonen, the European Union’s chief technology officer, told reporters: "This decision relates to X’s transparency and has nothing to do with censorship"In response to an accusation made by US Vice President Jay DeVance before the announcement.

She added: "If you stick to our rules, we won’t fine you, it’s that simple".