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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦
@EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ie  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Elon Musk's social media platform X has been fined €120m by the #EU over its blue tick badges - despite US warnings about doing so.

The European Commission said by allowing people to pay for a blue verified check mark on their profile, the platform "deceives users" because the firm is not "meaningfully verifying" who is behind the account.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9kejzvw0o

Elon Musk's X fined €120m over 'deceptive' blue ticks

The European Commission says the social media site is opening its users up to scams and impersonations.
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