# Commission sends preliminary findings to X for breach of Digital Services Act

Source: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_3761
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Commission-sends-preliminary-findings-to-X-for-breach-of-Digital-Services-Act?index=0x66912a93458524941c3105bec5b256a6fc940793c316595988175b91ab4fd3d479f9f454
Submitted by misha on 2024-07-12 UTC, 4 upvotes, 2 comments

## Comments

**misha**: EU finds that X blue checkmark is user deception:

"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. 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."

**tim**: Elon Musks says that he was offered a secret deal from the EU to censor speech: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1811783320839008381