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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: US Backs Elon Musk's Bid To Overturn €120M EU Fine Against X
Caption: US Backs Elon Musk's Bid To Overturn €120M EU Fine Against X. The U.S. government is seeking to support Elon Musk's legal challenge against a €120 million EU fine imposed on X. The European Commission fined X in December 2025, saying its paid blue check marks could deceive users because accounts were not meaningfully verified. U.S. Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate accused the Commission of improperly extending its regulatory reach to American companies. The U.S. Department of Justice has applied to intervene in the case before the EU's General Court in support of X and Musk. The European Commission said it was ready to defend the fine, maintaining it had a strong case under the Digital Services Act. EU regulators also accused X of failing to provide sufficient advertising transparency and restricting researchers' access to public data. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio previously described the fine as an attack on American technology companies, an allegation rejected by the Commission. The EU is separately investigating X's AI assistant Grok over concerns involving the creation of sexualised images of real people. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Current Affairs & Politics,Elon Musk,X,European Union,European Commission,Digital Services Act,Marco Rubio,Brett Shumate,US Department of Justice,€120 million fine
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