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X (Twitter)fines & penalties

X Corp.

The social platform formerly known as Twitter. Its penalties include a US FTC settlement over using security phone numbers for ad targeting and a €120M EU fine, the first under the Digital Services Act, over its paid checkmark, ad repository and researcher access.

Penalties
2
Total penalties (excl. tax recovery)
≈ $290Mexcludes annulled
Largest
$150M
Span
2022 to 2025

Penalties by year

2022
$150M
2025
$140M

Every recorded penalty

2 penalties

X (Twitter) · 2022

Twitter's $150M FTC penalty over 2FA phone numbers

Paid

The FTC and DOJ penalised Twitter, now X, for using phone numbers and email addresses collected for account security, such as two-factor authentication, to target advertising.

FTC · US$150M

X (Twitter) · 2025

X fined €120M in the first Digital Services Act penalty

Under appeal

The European Commission found three transparency breaches at X: the paid blue checkmark deceives users because anyone can buy verified status without being verified, the advertising repository is neither searchable nor complete, and researchers are blocked from the public data the DSA requires platforms to share.

EC · EU€120M≈ $140M