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The European Union is regularly investigating big tech companies, and the latest company currently under scrutiny is X. The European Commission now claims X has violated the Digital Services Act , at least judging by the
It seems that the platform's approach to paid verification is what is bothering the EU. Regulators say the practice"deceives users" and does not correspond to industry practice. The issue seems to be that since anyone can get a blue check-mark, it's difficult to determine the authenticity of accounts. Also, there is, reportedly, evidence of bad actors using check-marks to trick people.On top of that, the EU believes that X has a lack of advertising transparency.
Back in the day, Blue Checks used to mean trustworthy sources of information. Now with X, our preliminary view is that they deceive users and infringe the DSA. We also consider that X’s ads repository and conditions for data access by researchers are not in line with the DSA transparency requirements. X has now the right of defense — but if our view is confirmed we will impose fines and require significant changes.
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