In its first DSA penalty, EU fines X €120M for ‘deceptive’ blue check verification system
: fre dec 05, 2025 3:13 pm
The EC is taking issue with the fact that X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, has been allowing anyone to buy a "blue checkmark," the platform's long-standing symbol that a user has been verified to be who they are claiming to be.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/05/in-it ... on-system/
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/05/in-it ... on-system/