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Elon Musk's X fined €120m over 'deceptive' blue ticks
The EU has fined Elon Musk's social media platform X €120m (£105m) over its blue tick badges – prompting an angry reaction from the US.
The European Commission said by allowing people to pay for a blue verified check mark on their profile, the platform "deceives users" because the firm is not "meaningfully verifying" who is behind the account.
"This deception exposes users to scams, including impersonation frauds, as well as other forms of manipulation by malicious actors," it said.
But US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have criticised the EU regulator, accusing it of attacking and censoring US firms.
Elon Musk’s X fined $140 million by European Commission over 'deceptive' blue checkmark and lack of transparency
Elon Musk's X has been hit with a 120 million euro ($140 million) fine by the European Commission for breaching transparency obligations, in the latest challenge to a U.S. big tech company by the bloc.
The Commission on Friday said breaches include "the deceptive design of its 'blue checkmark', the lack of transparency of its advertising repository, and the failure to provide access to public data for researchers."
The ruling follows a two-year investigation under the Digital Services Act (DSA), which was adopted in 2022 to regulate online platforms. The Commission said that failure to comply with the decision may lead to penalty payments.
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