The European Commission alleged that X violated the Digital Services Act, a sweeping 2022 law mandating companies set up policies and procedures to remove posts deemed illegal.

The fines were due to the platform's misleading use of blue check marks to identify verified users and a lack of transparency over ads and data access for researchers.

The European Union fined X for violating the Digital Services Act, citing the company's blue checkmarks and inadequate advertising transparency.

In a jaw-dropping 24 hours in the European Commission, a growing corruption scandal is beginning to call into doubt the Commission’s presidency of Ursula von der Leyen. The Commission’s widening

LONDON -- WhatsApp faces an antitrust investigation in the European Union, where regulators said Thursday that they're looking into the messaging service's artificial intelligence policy. The European Commission said it opened the formal investigation because of concerns about WhatsApp's move to limit access for third-party AI providers.