In its first DSA penalty, EU fines X €120M for ‘deceptive’ blue check verification system

Source: TechCrunch

EU fines X €120 million for deceptive blue‑check verification system

The European Commission is taking issue with the fact that X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, has been allowing anyone to purchase a “blue checkmark,” the platform’s long‑standing symbol that a user has been verified to be who they claim to be.