Musk’s X under fire in EU over blue ticks
Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, has been warned by the European Union (EU) over its blue tick verification system.
It sees the social media firm become the latest ‘big tech’ to be on the receiving end of the EU’s ire, after Microsoft and Apple were scrutinised.
The EU's preliminary findings allege that X's practices are deceptive and violate the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Specifically, it said that blue ticks, which can now be purchased by any user, mislead people about the authenticity of accounts and allows malicious actors to deceive users easily.
It added that the investigation also found that X failed to provide necessary data for research and lacked transparency in its advertising practices.
According to EU rules, X could potentially face fines of up to 6% of its global revenue.
