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In its first DSA penalty, EU fines X €120M for ‘deceptive’ blue check verification system


The EC is taking issue with the fact that X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, has been allowing anyone to buy a "blue checkmark," the platform's long-standing symbol that a user has been verified to be who they are claiming to be.

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