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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 31 minutes ago* (last edited 27 minutes ago)

Here is why they're being fined

The EU announced a formal investigation into X in December 2023, saying it would "assess whether X may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas linked to risk management, content moderation, dark patterns, advertising transparency and data access for researchers." A July 2024 ruling that X violated the law cited Musk's overhaul of the verification system created when the company was called Twitter, and other changes.

X "designs and operates its interface for the 'verified accounts' with the 'Blue checkmark' in a way that does not correspond to industry practice and deceives users," the EU regulator said at the time. "Since anyone can subscribe to obtain such a 'verified' status, it negatively affects users' ability to make free and informed decisions about the authenticity of the accounts and the content they interact with. There is evidence of motivated malicious actors abusing the 'verified account' to deceive users."

The EU further said that "X does not comply with the required transparency on advertising," and "fails to provide access to its public data to researchers in line with the conditions set out in the DSA."

I would like to know more about providing public data to researchers. Does that mean it prohibits authwalls? So Facebook and LinkedIn and Reddit can be fined too?

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 32 minutes ago

Why is there no mention of chat interoperability?

Why aren't they fining companies for this? That was the most exciting requirement of the DSA.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 35 minutes ago

Can courts please not "make an example" out if anyone?

Just fine all of these companies that violate the DSA billions.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 13 hours ago

Pump those rookie numbers up

[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 31 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It deserves a corporate death penalty. Just shut it down in the EU and ban it from operating there. It should also forfeit all its property and assets in the bloc.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 7 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

For the record, I'm not against this, but this makes precedence the next right wing party can follow to takedown leftist institutions

[–] eric5949@lemmy.world 19 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD stop fucking not doing shit because right wingers might do it later. THEY ALREADY DO.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 18 hours ago

Dude, Trump just pardoned a corporation. We're past that point.

[–] dota__2@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago

you mean like they already are?

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 27 points 19 hours ago
[–] sufferforme@mstdn.party 16 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

@vegeta

$1 billion hardly covers the damage Musk has done to the world

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 7 points 19 hours ago

If this is simply "making an example of", than I assume this might be the base price.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 12 points 19 hours ago

Oh, please do. Don't stop.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago
[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

Can wait until Trump increases the EU's tariffs until they buy a minimum of a million Teslas per quarter.

[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

They'll survive the sting, but nice to see they are not above the law.

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago

I think there are fines and consequences if he does not pay. I doubt he will pay?

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

plz bro do it

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 1 points 19 hours ago

The way won’t ever pay