Maha Abouelenein, Founder and CEO of Digital and Savvy, said a blue checkmark is no longer proof that someone should be believed ... “Trust comes from consistency, reputation and delivering on what you promise,” she said. “A checkmark will not save you.
“Deceiving users with blue checkmarks, obscuring information on ads and shutting out researchers have no place online in the EU,” said Henna Virkkunen, the Commission’s executive vice president for tech sovereignty, security and democracy.
The European Union has served Elon Musk’s X with a €120 million (about $140 million) penalty for violating the bloc’s digital service rulebook, in part for the “deceptive design” of its blue checkmark.
The EU said on Friday it had issued a fine of €120 million ($140 million) to X over a number of violations, including the "deceptive design" of the site's blue checkmarks ... Making blue checkmarks ...