European Union bureaucrats detonated another explosive attack on free speech Friday after slapping Elon Musk’s X platform with a staggering €120 million ($140 million) fine under the bloc’s Orwellian Digital Services Act (DSA), a move Musk says proves the EU has become an unaccountable censorship machine that must be abolished.
The Orwellian European Commission initiated formal proceedings against Elon Musk’s social media platform in December 2023 for allegedly failing to comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA). Branded as a fight against online malpractices, this action is more like an affront to the platform’s resistance to censorship.
EU globalist politicians and elites are opposed to unrestricted free speech as it limits their ability to control the public.
At the World Economic Forum summit earlier in 2023, a European Union commissioner warned Elon Musk of potential sanctions if he does not cave on censorship.
The allegations from the unelected bureaucrat against Platform X cover several areas, including the management of illegal content, content moderation, the effectiveness of its ‘Community Notes’ system, transparency in advertising, and user interface design. However, these charges, at their core, appear to be an overreach, possibly impinging on the rights of platforms to self-regulate and uphold free speech.
The Commission’s decision stems from a preliminary investigation, which includes an analysis of the risk assessment report submitted by Platform X in September, its Transparency report from November 3, 2023, and responses to a formal request for information.
In August 2024, the European Union sent a letter to Elon Musk demanding that the X owner censor President Donald Trump during his planned interview with the GOP leader.
The letter was sent by Thierry Breton and was dated August 12, 2024.
Thierry Breton is a French business executive, politician, writer and the current Commissioner for Internal Market of the European Union.
In the letter, Thierry warns Elon Musk, “You have the legal obligation to ensure X’s compliance with EU law and in particular the DSA in the EU.”
Breton then went on to threaten Elon Musk if President Trump if he allowed President Trump to speak freely during their interview.
The EU then threatened to shut down X if Elon Musk would not censor opposing voices on his social media platform.
On Friday, the globalist technocratic authoritarians in Brussels hit Elon Musk’s X with a €120 million ($140 million) fine, the first blood drawn under their Digital Services Act.
EU paper-pushers whined that X’s paid blue-check system “confuses” users about who’s verified. In other words, they’re furious that anyone who can pay $8 can now get the same badge the old regime used to hand out only to approved regime journalists.
EU globalists complain that X won’t open its data firehose wide enough for their taxpayer-funded, regime-aligned ‘researchers.’ Everyone knows these “experts” are just left-liberal activists looking for new excuses to de-platform patriots, populists, nationalists, conservatives, and really anyone who has the nerve to go against the regime.
This fine is only round one of a two-year persecution campaign. More show trials are coming over “illegal content” and “manipulation”—code words the EU uses whenever conservatives trend.
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On Saturday, Musk fired back immediately and unapologetically.
“The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their people,” Musk wrote on X.
The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their people
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 6, 2025
On Sunday, Musk added, “The European Union is not DEMOcracy – rule of the people – but rather BUREAUcracy – rule of the unelected bureaucrat!”
The European Union is not DEMOcracy – rule of the people – but rather BUREAUcracy – rule of the unelected bureaucrat!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 7, 2025
Meanwhile, X is now dominating as the #1 news app across the EU.
BREAKING: Two new countries join the #1 ranking list.
is now the #1 news app in Denmark and Cyprus as well.
stands as the #1 news app in almost every EU country now. A tight slap to the EU.
The people have spoken. They trust for truth. pic.twitter.com/6aiV5TJeS6
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) December 7, 2025
is seeing record-breaking downloads in many countries in Europe
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 7, 2025
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