ELON Musk’s X has had a €120 million fine imposed by the European Commission (EC) under the bloc’s flagship moderation law.

Politico reports that it is the first-ever penalty the EC has imposed under the legislation.

The fine is moderate in size compared to earlier tech penalties the bloc has issued.

The move is expected to inflame tensions between the European Union and the United States over the bloc’s digital rules.

US vice-president JD Vance previously blasted the plans as a fine for “not engaging in censorship”.

The US has repeatedly pushed the EU to water down its rules around tech in trade talks.

Under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) X, formerly known as Twitter, was found to be in breach of transparency obligations.

The EC said the design of X’s blue checkmark is “dec

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