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.
That doesn’t mean it’s not a shitty fine. Give them proper incentive to change instead of a measly slap on the wrist
No. It’s a valid system - and it gives the companies incentives. Ask MS who payed 2.2 billion by now, 9.7 Billions from google,etc.
Both have changed decisions/adopted their eco system which they earlier claimed as “impossible to change”. Same goes for apple,btw.
We just reached the first step of a ladder. But each step is at least double what it was before.
If eventually fines do get calculated on their total income (which is possible, they can issue fines up to 2% of total yearly income if I remember correctly) and these fines are starting to come in more frequently it gets quite expensive really fast.