Uncle Sam wants in on Musk's €120M fight with Brussels

The US government wants to join Elon Musk and X's legal challenge to the European Commission's €120 million fine against the social media platform. The Commission issued its first fine under the Digital Services Act (DSA) in December 2025, finding that X had breached transparency rules through its paid blue checkmarks, advertising repository, and restrictions on researchers' access to public data. X owner Elon Musk described the decision as "crazy" and "insane" in a Xeet, and compared the "