X hit with $140 million EU fine for breaching content rules, TikTok settles https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulat...

- First penalty under landmark EU digital legislation

- TikTok avoids fine with transparency concessions, EU says

- EU's tech chief: X fine proportionate, not about censorship

- US has accused EU of targeting American companies

Politico.eu: EU slaps €120M fine on Elon Musk’s X, straining ties with US https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-slaps-e120m-fine-on-x-str...

Euronews: European Commission hits Elon Musk’s social network X with €120 million fine https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/12/05/european-commi...

CNBC: EU regulators hit Elon Musk’s X with 120 million euro fine for breaching bloc’s social media law https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/eu-regulators-hit-elon-musks...

Caveat emptor. Sounds like the EU wants to push privacy-invading KYC requirements.

> … and the failure to provide access to public data for researchers.

That’s a wild thing to try to force a company to do with our data. And I deeply suspect they’d use that data to justify more reasons to engage in regulatory lawfare against sites like X.

The entire complaint reads as remarkably invasive. I think it’s time for the US to put the EU and UK regulatory class back in their place. How about we withhold $X*100 dollars in NATO spending for every $X dollars they fine a US company under laws like this.