Billionaire Elon Musk, owner of the social network
According to the EU investigation into X, Elon Musk’s platform had committed a series of violations of European law, including deceptive practices in verifying user accounts. Musk reacted to the sanctions and said the European Union should be “abolished.”
“The European Union should be abolished and sovereignty returned to each country, so that governments can better represent their people,” the billionaire wrote. “I like Europe, but not the bureaucratic monster that is the EU,” Musk added.
The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their citizens.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 6, 2025
This is the first sanction applied under legislation approved three years ago, which aims to combat illegal and dangerous content published by digital platforms.
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According to the EU, the certification model used in
From now on, X will have 60 days to inform the EU of the measures it intends to adopt to remedy the problem.
Twitter Purchase
Musk bought X, formerly Twitter, in 2022 for $44 billion. Previously, the blue seal was only granted to profiles that had undergone an identity verification process, precisely to avoid fraud.
However, with the billionaire in charge, you only need to purchase some of the packages available on the platform to obtain the seal.