The European Commission said it will “make sure” it receives money owed by Elon Musk’s X after the company was fined €120 million for failing to meet transparency rules.
The Commission on Friday said X has breached transparency and deceptive design obligations under the EU’s platforms regulation, the Digital Services Act, and issued the €120 million penalty.
The decision set off a cascade of accusations of censorship from U.S. officials, Musk and his supporters, with some suggesting the company should refuse to pay the fine.
isn’t musk a trillionaire? i’m sure he’ll feel the pain of this
You could take a dime from a millionaire and they would cry about it forever. It’s not about the money it’s about the conversion of money to power, it’s a loss of power they’re upset about not necessarily the actual money or what it could be used on.
In America, €120 million could buy half of Congress.
Congress are a lot cheaper whores than that.
“I’m not corrupt, but 20 bucks is 20 bucks”.
More than half, people just didn’t know how inexpensive it was to buy positions.
Last time i checked he was at about 400b so not a trillionaire, but 120m is still absolutely nothing.
Kinda weird how 3 posts in this thread call/refer to him as trillionaire… doesn’t seem genuine to me.
trust me I am more than happy to be wrong :)
Sadly… being wrong is only temporary.
They’re not fining Musk. They’re fining X/Twitter.
Oddly enough, I think this would be an effective thing.
Musk, like all bullies, just doesn’t want any accountability whatsoever. Yes, the amount is trivial given his means, but as we saw in South America, he is perfectly willing to back down when a challenge is meaningful, culturally if not materially.
I’m almost certain Musk has 120mil in loose change, hiding in his couch.