EU Slashes X Over DSA Breaches
Three DSA breaches found: paid blue check, advertiser register failure, and data access withholding.
Fines: 45M for blue check, 40M for researchers, 35M for ad register.
Commission used proportionality to stay below 6% maximum.
Two-year probe delayed to build legal case.
Governments and Thierry Breton criticized the timing.
JD Vance condemned the decision.
EU action targets Big Tech with recent fines on Apple and Meta.
TikTok committed to advertising repositories.
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