Europe fines X, Musk removes Commission account and attacks: 'The EU is the Fourth Reich'

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The EU Commission on Friday imposed a 120 million fine on X, Elon Musk's social networking site, for breaching transparency obligations under the European Digital Services Act (DSA).

7 December 2025

The European Commission retorts to X after Elon Musk's platform decided to close its advertising account accusing it of publishing content incorrectly. "The European Commission always uses all social media platforms in good faith" and merely "employs the tools made available" by the platforms themselves for corporate accounts, as in the case of the 'Post Composer' tool on X, says an EU executive spokesperson. Brussels also recalls that it suspended all forms of paid advertising or services on X in October 2023, pointing out that the stop 'is still valid'.

The decision of X

 X deleted the European Commission, after receiving a fine of 120 millioneuros for violating EU digital rules. This was stated by the head of strategy (head of product) of the social network, Nikita Bier. "You have logged into your inactive ad account to exploit an exploit in our Ad Composer, to post a link that misleads users into thinking it is a video and to artificially increase its reach," Bier wrote in response to the post with which the European Commission announced the fine against X. "As you may know, X believes that everyone should have an equal voice on our platform. However, you seem to believe that the rules should not apply to your account. Your advertising account has been closed,' it added

The EU Commission on Friday imposed a fine of 120 million on X, Elon Musk's social network, for breaching transparency obligations under the European Digital Services Act (DSA).

Musk: 'The EU is practically the Fourth Reich'

However, Elon Musk raises the tone and returns to attacking Brussels and the Old Continent by responding 'practically' to a post that reads: 'Fourth Reich'. Underneath the inscription a swastika pops up under the European flag. 'The EU is the Fourth Reich'. This is the message conveyed by the post.

First Decision under the Dsa

The decision of 5 December is the first non-compliance decision taken under the DSA, which aims to put an end to the online Wild West. The violations include the misleading blue tick design, the lack of transparency of the advertising archive and the failure to provide access to public data for researchers. The investigation into suspected violations of the Dsa related to the dissemination of illegal content is still ongoing.