① US President Trump criticized the EU's $140 million fine against Company X as "excessive" and said he did not understand why the EU made the decision; ② Last week, X was fined €140 million for violating the EU's Digital Services Act's transparency obligations, the first major enforcement action since the law came into effect; ③ Several US officials condemned the EU's bias against US technology companies, calling it an attack on Americans.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday (December 8) that the EU's technology regulators' punishment of Elon Musk's social media company X was "quite excessive" and that he did not understand why the EU made such a decision.
Last week, the EU's technology regulator fined Company X €120 million (about $140 million) for violating online content regulations.
"I don't understand how they could do that," Trump told reporters at a White House event on Monday. He also warned Europe to be "very careful" because it is heading in some bad directions.
During the meeting, Trump also mentioned that Musk had not called him for help.
X was fined $140 million by the European Union.
Last Friday (December 5), the European Commission announced it would fine platform X for failing to comply with its transparency obligations under the EU's Digital Services Act. The EU will specifically pursue X's liability because its blue certification logo design was deceptive, its advertising library lacked transparency, and it failed to provide researchers with public access to data.
This decision also marks the first major enforcement action since the EU's Digital Services Act came into effect.
Following this incident, Musk refuted the penalty, replying "Nonsense" to the post announcing the fine from the European Commission. In his tweet, Musk also criticized the EU, stating that it should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual EU member states so that European governments could better represent their people.
This move has also been met with absurdity by some officials in the U.S. government.
U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, condemned the move as an attack on American companies.
Landau points out that despite the existence of the North Atlantic The ongoing disagreements between the EU and the Trump administration on numerous issues continue to undermine the idea of a partnership with the United States. The EU's regulatory stance could harm the security and values of Western countries.
Carr stated that the fine demonstrates the EU's bias against US tech companies, which he sees as an attack by a foreign government on the American people and an act of censorship against Americans online.
(Article source: CLS)
