EU fines X $140 million over deceptive blue checkmarks
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The European Commission issued the first DSA non-compliance decision against X (formerly Twitter), imposing a €120M fine for misleading "verified" blue checkmarks, maintaining an opaque ads repository, and restricting researcher access to public data; X has 60 working days to address the checkmark issues and 90 days to submit action plans for ads transparency and research access, with further penalties possible for noncompliance.
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