Meeting the deadline means X either paying the fine or offering a financial guarantee that it will do so should its appeal against the fine fail.
“One of the two options” has been met, Regnier said, adding: “The Commission is really not in the habit of communicating about financial transactions happening between private businesses and the Commission.”
X declined to comment for this story.
The Commission in December found X in breach of the EU’s platform law, the Digital Services Act, for the design of blue checkmarks and for failing to meet transparency obligations.
Both Musk and U.S. Republicans expressed strong dissatisfaction with the fine when it was issued, describing it as an attack on free speech.
The company is appealing the decision at the Court of Justice of the European Union.