European Union regulators on Friday fined X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, 120 million euros ($140 million) for breaches of the bloc’s digital regulations, in a move that risks rekindling tensions with Washington over free speech.

The European Commission issued its decision following an investigation it opened two years ago into X under the 27-nation bloc’s Digital Services Act, also known as the DSA.

It's the first time that the EU has issued a so-called non-compliance decision since rolling out the DSA.

The sweeping rulebook requires platforms to take more responsibility for protecting European users and cleaning up harmful or illegal content and products on their sites, under threat of hefty fines.

The Commission, the bloc's executive arm, said it was punishing X because of three different breaches of the DSA’s transparency requirements.

The decision could rile President Donald Trump, whose administration has lashed out at digital regulations, complained that Brussels was targeting U.S. tech companies and vowed to retaliate.

Vice President JD Vance, posting on his X account ahead of the decision, accused the Commission of seeking to fine X “for not engaging in censorship.”

Officials denied the rules were intended to muzzle Big Tech companies.

X did not respond immediately to an email request for comment.