The Trump Administration Is Trying to Get Musk and X out of a $137 Million EU Fine
The Luxembourg-based court will now decide whether the US has a right to intervene.The US government is arguing that it should be involved in the case to protect American companies. The fine is precedent-setting as the bloc’s first sanction under the Digital Services Act, which requires online platforms to do more to tackle illegal and harmful content, especially the largest sites. Shumate of the Justice Department’s Civil Division.The case also has “implications” for US-EU relations, it warned.
- ▪The Luxembourg-based court will now decide whether the US has a right to intervene.The US government is arguing that it should be involved in the case to protect American companies.
- ▪The fine is precedent-setting as the bloc’s first sanction under the Digital Services Act, which requires online platforms to do more to tackle illegal and harmful content, especially the largest sites.
- ▪Shumate of the Justice Department’s Civil Division.The case also has “implications” for US-EU relations, it warned.
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Isabella WardBusinessSep 25, 2026 7:32 AMThe Trump Administration Is Trying to Get Musk and X out of a $137 Million EU FineThe US government filed an application to support the company’s legal challenge against a fine issued under the bloc’s Digital Services Act, which Trump has described as “overseas extortion.”Photo-Illustration: Wired Staff; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyThe US government is trying to get Elon Musk and his social media platform X out of a $137 million fine by the European Union in an escalation of its criticism of the bloc’s tech rules.The US Department of Justice said it had filed an application with the help of the Department of State to support a legal challenge by Musk to annul the case in the EU’s General…
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