The US government formally sought on 2026-09-24 to join Elon Musk's legal challenge against a €120 million fine imposed by the European Union on his social media platform X for breaches of online content rules. The Justice Department asked the EU General Court for permission to intervene in the case.
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The US is seeking to join a legal challenge filed by Elon Musk to dismiss a €120 million ($136.5 million) European Union fine for breaches of online rules by his social media platform X.
US government seeks to join Elon Musk in challenge against EU's fine on X Reuters
EU tech regulators fined X late in 2025 for breaching online content rules.
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"US seeks to join Musk's fight against EU fine Musk is challenging a €120 million penalty imposed by Brussels under its landmark digital rules." www.euractiv.com/news/us-seek... Musk is challenging a €120 million penalty imposed by Brussels under its landmark digital rules
The U.S. Justice Department has asked the European Union’s General Court to let the United States intervene in Elon Musk and X’s challenge to a €120 million fine imposed by the European Commission in December 2025. The penalty was the first issued under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), and the Commission said X violated rules involving its blue-check verification system, advertising transparen