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fromTechCrunch
4 hours ago
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In its first DSA penalty, EU fines X 120M for 'deceptive' blue check verification system | TechCrunch

fromEuractiv
8 hours ago
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EU fines Elon Musk's X 120 million for first confirmed DSA breaches | Euractiv

EU fined X €120 million for breaching DSA transparency rules: deceptive blue-check design, ad repository non-compliance, and denying researchers access to public data.
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 hours ago
EU data protection

Elon Musk's X fined 120m by EU in first clash under new digital laws

X was fined 120m for breaching EU Digital Services Act transparency rules, including deceptive verification, opaque advertising, and restricted researcher data access.
fromTechCrunch
4 hours ago
Miscellaneous

In its first DSA penalty, EU fines X 120M for 'deceptive' blue check verification system | TechCrunch

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fromIntelligencer
1 week ago

How Spam Ate American Politics

"The Aura of President Donald Trump is unimaginable. Love him or hate him, no one remains unmoved in his presence," wrote the X account @TRUMP_ARMY_ earlier this month. For the account, which has more than 500,000 followers, this sort of fawning message is pretty typical. Two days earlier, the account reposted, "The President puts America First over his own financial gains. 🔥🔥" Another post reads, "Drop a ❤️, if you Love President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump!!"
US politics
Information security
fromSocial Media Today
2 weeks ago

X Will Soon Indicate if a Profile is Using a VPN

X will add account creation date, creator location, and username-change history; tech firms identified Chinese state-linked influence operations and Google removed Russian-linked operations.
fromHelsinki Times
2 months ago

Google in $45 million deal with Israel to deny Gaza famine, report claims

According to documents cited by the report, Google's advertising platforms, including YouTube and Display & Video 360, were used to distribute promotional content designed to counter international concerns over humanitarian conditions in the territory. One YouTube video from Israel's Foreign Ministry, widely circulated through paid promotion, claimed: "There is food in Gaza. Any other claim is a lie." The clip has been viewed over six million times.
World news
Digital life
fromFortune
4 months ago

More than 90% of X's Community Notes are never published and 'stuck in limbo', study finds

More than 90 percent of X's Community Notes are never published, limiting its effectiveness as a debunking tool.
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