The Trump Administration Is Trying to Get Musk and X out of a $137 Million EU Fine

The U.S. Department of Justice and State Department filed an application to intervene in the EU General Court’s review of a €120 million fine imposed on Elon Musk’s platform X for violating the Digital Services Act. The fine, the EU’s first DSA sanction, followed a two-year investigation that found X misrepresented verified accounts, failed to provide an accessible advertising repository, and withheld public data from researchers. The U.S. claims its involvement protects American tech companies and counters European regulatory overreach.