Exhibit 1153

Commission fines X EUR 120 million under the Digital Services Act (press release IP/25/2934)

Exhibit 1153 · Agency press release

Commission fines X EUR 120 million under the Digital Services Act (press release IP/25/2934)

This is the first non-compliance decision under the DSA.

The first non-compliance decision under the DSA. The EUR 120 million fine covers three breaches: the deceptive design of the 'blue checkmark' (Article 25(1)), the advertising repository and researcher access to public data (Articles 39 and 40(12)). The release says the investigation opened on 18 December 2023 into illegal content and information manipulation continues, and that preliminary findings on the three breaches were adopted on 12 July 2024.

Source: European Commission
Date: 5 December 2025
Quoted from: Press release, paragraph beginning 'The fine issued today'
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2934
Accessed: 2026-11-10
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding INF-4.10: Primary record On 12 August 2024 Commissioner Breton wrote to X's owner that the European Commission would not hesitate to make full use of its toolbox, including interim measures, and on 18 February 2025 the Commission wrote that the Digital Services Act does not regulate speech. The Commission's first non-compliance decision under the Act, against X on 5 December 2025, fined X 120 million euros for blue-checkmark design, its advertising repository and researcher data access, and did not concern the removal of any post.