<h1>X fined 120 million euros for DSA transparency breaches over verification badges, ad database access, and researcher barriers.</h1> Regulatory action under the Digital Services Act identifies three compliance failures by X: a paid verification scheme constituting a deceptive design practice that fails to verify account identity; an ad database compromised by design choices and access barriers that obscure sponsor and targeting information; and unnecessary impediments to researcher access that hinder study of systemic user risks.