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