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X deleted the promoting account of European Commissionafter receiving a high quality of 120 million euros for violating EU digital guidelines. This was acknowledged by the top of product technique of the social community, Nikita Bier. “You logged into your inactive advertising account to exploit an exploit in our Ad Composer, to publish a link that deceives users into thinking it is a video and to artificially increase its reach,” writes Bier in response to the publish by which the European Commission introduced the high quality towards X. “As you may know, X believes that everyone should have an equal voice on our platform. However, it appears that you believe the rules should not apply to your account. Your advertising account has been terminated,” he added

The EU Commission imposed this on Friday a high quality of 120 million to X, social Elon Muskfor violating the transparency obligations set out within the European regulation on digital providers (Dsa).

The determination of December fifth is the primary non-compliance determination adopted pursuant to the DSA, geared toward placing an finish to the net wild west. Violations embody misleading blue verify design, lack of transparency of the promoting archive, and failure to supply entry to public knowledge for researchers. The investigation into suspected violations of the DSA linked to the dissemination of unlawful content material continues to be ongoing.

The proceedings started on December 18, 2023 and aimed to establish whether or not

Twenty-four hours after the information of the high quality, Elon Musk, proprietor of the sanctioned social community, returned to assault on X: «The EU must be abolished and sovereignty returned to particular person nations, in order that governments can higher symbolize their residents».