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  "id": 9656600,
  "title": "US seeks to join Musk’s fight against EU fine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/us-seeks-to-join-musks-fight-against-eu-fine-9656600",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T23:31:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
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    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2026/09/25/us-seeks-to-join-musk-s-fight-against-eu-fine"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The US has intervened in a legal dispute between Elon Musk and his social media platform X, and the European Commission over a 120-million-euro fine issued under the Digital Services Act (DSA). Musk and X are fighting the fine, which the US Justice Department supports. The DSA, enacted in 2024, mandates stricter content moderation and transparency for online platforms. Violations can result in fines up to six percent of a company's global annual revenue. The US administration and tech industry argue the DSA constitutes censorship, a claim the EU rejects. The commission fined X for violating transparency rules, using deceptive design in its blue checkmark system, and denying researchers access to public data. President Trump called the fine \"censorship\" and imposed sanctions on EU officials. X appealed, claiming the fine violated its due process rights, but has also taken steps to comply, such as expanding researcher access to data and renaming blue checkmarks as \"premium\" after an independent audit.",
  "summary": "The US justice department says it has filed an application with the EU's second-highest court backing a bid to annul the December 2025 fine.",
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        "title": "US government seeks to join Elon Musk in challenge against EU's fine on X",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/us-government-seeks-to-join-elon-musk-in-challenge-against-eus-fine",
        "published": "2026-09-24T20:15:15.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "US seeks to join Musk's fight against EU fine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/us-seeks-to-join-musks-fight-against-eu-fine",
        "published": "2026-09-24T22:20:43.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "US government seeks to join Elon Musk in challenge against EU’s fine on X",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/us-government-seeks-to-join-elon-musk-in-challenge-against-eus-fine-9642677",
        "published": "2026-09-24T22:36:04.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "US seeks to join Musk’s fight against EU fine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/us-seeks-to-join-musks-fight-against-eu-fine-9653058",
        "published": "2026-09-24T23:31:20.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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