Today, we fined X for non-compliance with transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (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
More information: https://link.europa.eu/bcmC87
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@EUCommission thank you so much for not just giving in! This means so much for us!
@EUCommission great, now there is an important step left STOP USING X, delete all institutional accounts, encourage all EU politicians to come to mastodon and set an example
@EUCommission
Yes, now keep going and strengthen digital rights in Europe!
@EUCommission took yall long enough
I’d like to see the news announcement when X actually pays its fine. 🙂
Well done!
So hope the next fine for toxic troll mediagiant will be ca. 120 billion euros...
TikTok..?
ps. Drop chat control.
pps. But age limits for smartphones instead.
As easy to enforce as age limits for cars, alcohol ect.
And as little effect for privacy and nature of internet as other real world age limits.
But very effective for protecting the children from most harmful effects of smartphones, TikTok, online criminals ect.
Why not?
@EUCommission €120M≈$140M maybe 20 days of revenue, actually more than I expected (if maths mathed?). Accustomed to seeing fines of a couple hours revenue.
As per other replies, EU needs to stop with the Chat Control nonsense, no moral high ground here.
@EUCommission 120 million is nothing compared to the harm they are causing to our democracies. I urge all European politicians and leaders to #LeaveX.
That would be much more powerful and effective.
@EUCommission ein richtiger Schritt. Ich hoffe ihr bleibt standhaft und lasst euch nicht Unterbuttern. Es darf nicht sein, dass Trump und Putin über die US-Socialmedia Hass und Spaltung in Europa einspritzen.
Although I disagree with a lot of EC decisions, especially in recent times, I do agree that Twitter's new verification badge system is misleading.
@EUCommission
Thanks & GOOD job...
Bill here in the Pacific Northwest USA.
In the US, we don't all look down on others & act like saints... :)
#X & their creepy coding is so anti-humanity.
I'm only #verified via the surveillance state / LOL.
@EUCommission The eu should completely repeal any attempts to spy on chats.
Likewise, taking every humans fingerprint for digital ids is horrible.
If this continues, I hope we can bring about the end of the council as it stands.
@EUCommission @otto what I find most problematic are questionable, secret algorithms that may be controlled by only a few people or even just one
@EUCommission the high enough of a fine to change their behavior. But keep trying.
Ok, so we're charging X for privacy and moral issues, but then EU keeps trying to pull ChatControl that violates the very principles of privacy online. How does that even work?
@EUCommission A little bit ironically to still promote X on the very own web page...
@EUCommission Call it eX-twitter.
@EUCommission how much are you fining X for promoting #Fascism?
Thanks to the @EUCommission fit enforcing the DSA.
The DSA helps protecting people in the EU from the power of companies misusing their power. Keep strong!
@EUCommission €120 million fine is nice but you could do better tbh
@EUCommission Take it offline.
@EUCommission When will it finally be banned in the EU for promoting fascism, nazism and attempts to undermine democracies in the member states?
@EUCommission Who cares about twitter? How about focusing on strenghtening privacy instead of weakening it? Drop chat control.
@EUCommission well done. next up ban the Chinese influence operation named TikTok please.
@EUCommission Good job! But the amount of the fine is ridiculous.
@EUCommission And next, TikTok!
@EUCommission The money asked to X is ridiculous considering the money available ... so what does that mean ? Do wrong as long as you can pay ?
@EUCommission If I may ask: what happens if X persists in its non-compliance? The fine looks quite bearable.
