Discussion

• @nikitabier Nikita Bier on x

  The irony of your announcement: You logged into your dormant ad account to take advantage of an exploit in our Ad Composer — to post a link that deceives users into thinking it's a video and to artificially increase its reach. As you may be aware, X believes everyone should

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  @EU_Commission Bullshit

• @eu_commission @eu_commission on x

  Today, we fined X for non-compliance with transparency obligations under the DSA. We're holding X accountable for: 🔹Deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’ 🔹Lack of transparency of its advertising repository 🔹Failure to provide access to public data for researchers ↓

• @fischerking64 FischerKing on x

  Americans probably don't know the European Commission is an unelected executive body of the European Union, that also has the sole authority to propose legislation for the EU. The EU ‘parliament’ merely ratifies or rejects things. So the Commission proposes the rules, and

• @eurofounder Matthias Schmidt on x

  @EU_Commission €120 million made in one day. Regulation is the business model in the world, Americans can only dream of a success like this

• @lsanger Larry Sanger on x

  The idea that one could be *fined* for such things is ridiculous.

• @bscholl Blake Scholl on x

  Sometimes I worry that by the time we're done building a supersonic jet no one will want to go to Europe anymore.

• @davidjthunder David Thunder on x

  @EU_Commission If you read the full text of the Digital Service Act, you will see that it gives the EU Commission powers to fine and sanction Big Tech companies based on vaguely worded obligations like protecting “civic discourse,” combating “disinformation” etc. Essentially, a b…

• @shellenberger Michael Shellenberger on x

  You say it's not about censorship ("content moderation") but it is. You want to censor who gets verified. And you want X to give government-picked “researchers” special access to data so they can demand censorship. The Twitter Files revealed your censorship-by-proxy scam.

• @beaniemaxi @beaniemaxi on x

  @EU_Commission Imagine posting about a fine on the actual platform you're fining.

• @sirkavok @sirkavok on x

  This is bullshit. If they know of this “exploit”, why is it still there? Perhaps because it is actually a feature and a way to use the tool. This reaction comes from Musk's directives to promote his political and business interests, which are completely anti-Europe.

• @chesschick01 Natalie F Danelishen on x

  Just to show you guys what Nikita is talking about. When you tap on the video in the @EU_Commission tweet... instead of the video expanding it takes you to a article instead: [video]

• @adamlyttleapps Adam Lyttle on x

  New ad reach growth hack unlocked

• @fuckchrxs @fuckchrxs on x

  the way the “exploit” they're talking about has been used by porn accounts for ages and they're only now fixing it because the took an L from the EU

• @potfes @potfes on x

  Nikita (X) censors and bans an EU account because of an feature inside the Ad Composer. You cant make it up

• @erwin_ai Erwin on x

  Never leaving this platform

• @thoughtlesslabs @thoughtlesslabs on x

  This is actually hilarious. The EU used a legit ad account to push the message they are suing x. They get their ad account banned for apparently doing a deceptive practice but get a ton of free impressions because top x employees quote it. Kind of a huge EU W tbh

• @autismcapital @autismcapital on x

  911? We'd like to report a body. [image]

• @d_boeselager Damian Boeselager on x

  The fact that the European Commission managed to find an exploit in x is as funny as the fact that x actually cares. Anyways, as long as Elon has his multiplier for his own content, this whole platform is a joke. So sad for the people who build Twitter.

• @nikitabier Nikita Bier on x

  @BigSky_7 That post format can only be run as an ad. They have not run an ad since 2021.

• @bigsky_7 @bigsky_7 on x

  @nikitabier tfw you ban someone for using your ad platform exactly as designed but call it an “exploit” when they do it better than you expected

• @_dmca Daniel McAuley on x

  the hero we need

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  How long before the EU is gone? AbolishTheEU

• @852dude @852dude on bluesky

  Yes.  Because canceling their ad account definitely wont result in additional fines.  —  Galaxy brain genius over here.  —  www.politico.eu/article/x-ax...

• @michielvanhulten.eu Michiel van Hulten on bluesky

  The real question this raises is: why are the EU institutions still active on X at all? www.politico.eu/article/x-ax...

• @maximus76a Fella Bonkus Maximus on bluesky

  These toxic platforms should be banned throughout Europe unless they follow European laws and pay their fines.  —  It's clear that 🇺🇸 wants to divide Europe to bully individual countries.  F*** that.  F*** 🇺🇸  —  Right? @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social …

• @robfranciseu Rob Francis on bluesky

  I'm surprised the commission still posts on X. I'm even more surprised they have an ad account www.politico.eu/article/x-ax...

• @robin.berjon.com Robin Berjon on bluesky

  The true scandal here is that the @ec.europa.eu has an advertising account on X. Why are our taxes used to finance Nazi propaganda?  —  www.politico.eu/article/x-ax...

• @catiomiles Catio Miles on bluesky

  What a sore loser Elon is.  —  And he's going to lose even more money with this move and the EU will save cash.  —  😂😂😂😂  —  www.politico.eu/article/x-ax...

• @glynmoody Glyn Moody on bluesky

  great news; now spend that money elsewhere supporting truth and freedom of expression, not nazi lies...  [embedded post]

• @bremaininspain.com @bremaininspain.com on bluesky

  What a shame. change over to Bluesky #EuropeanCommission!  —  X axes EC's ad acc. after €120M EU fine  —  Nikita Bier, X's head of product, accused the EU executive of trying to amplify its own social media post about the fine on X by trying “to take advantage of an exploit in ou…

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