Elon Musk's company X has agreed to change its verification mechanism in the European Union after receiving a €120 million fine from EU tech regulators. The fine was the first sanction under the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), following a two-year investigation.
The European Commission had charged X with deceiving users, arguing its blue checkmark system after Musk's acquisition misled users, as it denoted a paid subscriber rather than a verified identity. X has now submitted proposed remedies to the EU regarding this verification feature.
The main topics covered are the EU's regulatory action against X under the DSA, the fine and required changes to the verification system, and the specific complaint that the blue checkmark was deceptive.
Elon Musk's social media company X has agreed to change its verification mechanism in the European Union following a fine of 120 million euros, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a European Commission spokesperson.
X was fined âin December â by â EU tech regulators for breaching online content rules, the first âsanction under a landmark legislation that drew criticism from the âU.S. government.
The Bloomberg report quoted European Commissionspokesperson Thomas Regnier saying that X âsubmitted remedies inrelation to its â blue check âmark verification feature.
The European Commission âand X âdid not immediately respondto Reuters requests â for comment. Regnier said the commission will âassess the proposedremedies, according to the report.
The EU sanction against X had followed a two-year-longinvestigation under the bloc's Digital Services Act (DSA), whichrequires online platforms to do more to tackle illegal andharmful content.
The European Commission in July â2024 had charged X withdeceiving users, saying that the blue checkmark does notcorrespond âto industry âpractices and that â anyone can pay to geta "verified" status.
The blue checkmark had previously indicated that anaccount belonged to a public âfigure whose identity was verified,but Musk changed it to indicate it belonged to a paid subscriberafter acquiring X in 2022.
Musk acquired X, formerly known as Twitter, for $44billion.
X was fined âin December â by â EU tech regulators for breaching online content rules, the first âsanction under a landmark legislation that drew criticism from the âU.S. government.
The Bloomberg report quoted European Commissionspokesperson Thomas Regnier saying that X âsubmitted remedies inrelation to its â blue check âmark verification feature.
The European Commission âand X âdid not immediately respondto Reuters requests â for comment. Regnier said the commission will âassess the proposedremedies, according to the report.
The EU sanction against X had followed a two-year-longinvestigation under the bloc's Digital Services Act (DSA), whichrequires online platforms to do more to tackle illegal andharmful content.
The European Commission in July â2024 had charged X withdeceiving users, saying that the blue checkmark does notcorrespond âto industry âpractices and that â anyone can pay to geta "verified" status.
The blue checkmark had previously indicated that anaccount belonged to a public âfigure whose identity was verified,but Musk changed it to indicate it belonged to a paid subscriberafter acquiring X in 2022.
Musk acquired X, formerly known as Twitter, for $44billion.
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