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fromMashable
1 day ago

X shuts down EU ad account after historic fine

On Friday, the European Commission's official account shared a post on X announcing the fine, which is the very first penalty issued as a result of the EU's Digital Services Act. The fine was issued against X, formerly Twitter, due to a number of changes the platform implemented after Musk acquired the company. The European Commission announcement says it doled out the penalty as a result of X's "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."
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fromEngadget
2 days ago

X shuts down the European Commission's ad account the day after major fine

X terminated the European Commission's ad account for exploiting an Ad Composer bug to artificially amplify reach after a roughly $140 million DSA fine.
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