"It seems that the Trump Administration's long-running war of words with EU officials is set to come to a head, after the EU Commission issued Elon Musk's X with a €120 million ($US140 million) fine late last week for breaches of the platform's DSA obligations relating to transparency. To recap, last year, former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton publicly criticized X's changes to its verification system, which now enables anybody to buy a blue checkmark for their account."
"That's in variance to the previous system, under Twitter, which was ostensibly designed to minimize misinformation by providing these checkmarks as a certification marker on the official profiles of known public figures, official brands and/or government bodies. "This deception exposes users to scams, including impersonation frauds, as well as other forms of manipulation by malicious actors. While the DSA does not mandate user verification, it clearly prohibits online platforms from falsely claiming that users have been verified, when no such verification took place."
The EU Commission imposed a €120 million fine on Elon Musk's X for violating Digital Services Act transparency obligations related to verification changes. X altered its verification system to allow anyone to buy a blue checkmark, departing from Twitter's prior approach that aimed to certify known public figures, brands, and government bodies to reduce misinformation. The paid verification model increases risks of impersonation fraud and manipulation by malicious actors. The DSA does not require platforms to verify users, but it forbids falsely claiming that users have been verified when no verification occurred. Tensions with the Trump Administration over European regulations have intensified.
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