X freezes European Commission PR account in retaliation for being fined by EU for violating the Digital Services Act



X, which was fined by the EU for violating the Digital Services Act , has had its public relations account operated by the European Commission, the EU's policy enforcement body, frozen. Nikita Beer, X's head of product, explained that the account was frozen because 'the European Commission engaged in fraudulent activity on X.'

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On Friday, December 5, 2025 (local time), the European Commission imposed a fine of approximately 120 million euros (approximately 22 billion yen) on X for violating its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act. The Commission explained that X's 'deceptive design of checkmarks,' 'lack of transparency in advertising repositories,' and 'failure to provide researchers with access to public data' violated the Digital Services Act.

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The European Commission also announced the fine on X's public relations account.

In response, X's head of product, Via, said, 'The European Commission logged into a dormant public relations account and exploited a vulnerability in our Ad Composer (a tool for creating and managing ads on X) to post content that misled users and misled them into thinking it was a normal video, artificially increasing its reach. As you know, X believes everyone should have an equal voice. However, it appears the European Commission believes the rules don't apply to them. Therefore, the European Commission's public relations account will be frozen.' He announced the suspension of the account.




Beer also posted, 'Ad Composer has never been abused in this way and it has now been patched.'




When TechCrunch, which reported on this incident, asked the European Commission for comment, it responded, 'We always use all social media platforms in good faith,' 'The European Commission simply used the tools that the platforms provided for our accounts, such as X's Post Composer tool,' and 'We expect these tools to be fully compliant with the platform's own terms of service and EU legislation.' A European Commission spokesperson also explained that the European Commission stopped running paid ads on X in October 2023.

Thomas Regnier, the European Commission's spokesperson for technology sovereignty, defence, space and research, described the fine against X as 'the first fine under the Digital Services Act.' The European legislator alleges that X employs a deceptive system for verified accounts, lacks transparency in its advertising repository, and does not provide valid data to researchers.

X can appeal the decision, but if it does not present a plan of action within the deadline, it could be fined.

Meanwhile, X owner Elon Musk slammed the European Commission, calling it 'bullshit' and ' how long until the EU is gone? Abolish the EU .'




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