The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues like its deceptive blue checkmarks, after a two-year probe
‘Impose Sanctions...’ The Verge : EU fines X $140 million over ‘deceptive’ blue checkmarks Inc : Why Elon Musk's X Was Slapped With a $140 Million Fine Eva Terry / Deseret News : European Union fines ...
Preliminary findings: the European Commission says X's paid blue checkmark deceives users and breaches the DSA; X could be fined up to 6% of its global revenue
https://ec.europa.eu/... … X: Thierry Breton / @thierrybreton : Back in the day, #BlueChecks used to mean trustworthy sources of information✔️🐦 Now with X, our preliminary view is that: ❌They deceive ...
The EU's DSA goes into effect, forcing platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok to let users opt out of profiling-based content recommendations
#DSA — becomes legally enforceable for Very Large Online Platforms & Search Engines. These systemic platforms play a very important role in our daily lives — so it was time for the EU to set our own r...
EU officials conduct a stress test and conclude that TikTok isn't fully compliant ahead of the EU's Digital Services Act compliance deadline on August 25, 2023
and how important independent 🇪🇺#enforcement is. TikTok voluntarily agreed to perform a #StressTest to prepare for #DSA Constructive debrief with CEO Shou Zi Chew. Now is time to accelerate to be full...
Source: in February, Meta started an official internal process to shut down CrowdTangle, but paused the plan as the EU's Digital Services Act gained traction
and fund it for a year or two — to ensure that this vital tool is here for the next series of elections. https://twitter.com/... Davey Alba / @daveyalba : NEW from me: CrowdTangle has been in limbo fo...
EU internal market commissioner Thierry Breton warns Elon Musk that Twitter must follow the new Digital Services Act rules or face fines and even a ban
EU commissioner Thierry Breton tells Tesla chief executive: ‘Elon, there are rules’ — Brussels has warned Elon Musk that Twitter must comply …
As the EU prepares its third landmark tech law in the past few years, the US has enacted only two narrow federal tech laws in the past 25 years
one for children's privacy and the other for ridding sites of sex-trafficking content —in the past 25 years.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Chris O'Brien / @obrien : EU policymakers, while not perfect, ...
Meta and Twitter have so far resisted calls by EU and US lawmakers to remove Russian embassy accounts that spread misinformation but have taken down some posts
Facebook resists calls from EU and US for bigger crackdown on Kremlin-directed misinformation Tweets: @vjmallet , @javierespft , @betterknowyou , @javierespft , and @javierespft Tweets: Victor Mallet ...
EU Parliament passed Digital Services Act, including provisions banning targeted ads based on highly sensitive personal data, limiting dark patterns, and more
and it goes by the name #DSA. [Modified clip from a Clint Eastwood film] @greensefa : We have long campaigned for a fairer internet with less power in the hands of tech giants. Today's result on the @...
EU Parliament passed Digital Services Act, including provisions banning targeted ads based on highly sensitive personal data, limiting dark patterns, and more
A large majority of MEPs voted in favour of the Digital Services Act on Thursday (20 January), after plenary amendments introduced important changes to the text.