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E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against X

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139 points dotcoma | 8 comments | 06 Apr 25 17:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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rcpt ◴[06 Apr 25 18:37 UTC] No.43603786[source]▶
The DSA violation was news in 2024

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/eu-says-elon-mus...

And the EU is right. Elons blue check boosting logic absolutely violated those laws. Other companies played by the rules and made their systems DSA compliant. Elon did not, now he needs to pay.

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1. nradov ◴[06 Apr 25 19:12 UTC] No.43604085[source]▶
The DSA ruling was wrong. The blue checkmark never indicated trustworthy sources of information. Even under previous Twitter management, verified accounts routinely posted misinformation and disinformation. Thierry Breton is either an idiot or lying to push a political narrative.
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2. addaon ◴[06 Apr 25 19:43 UTC] No.43604320[source]▶
The trustworthy information that blue check marks indicated was not that the /contents of the message/ were objectively trustworthy, but that /a specific person was willing to be associated with the contents of the message/. That’s what was lost.
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3. josteink ◴[06 Apr 25 19:50 UTC] No.43604380[source]▶
Are you saying you think the semantics of that is anywhere near worth a billion dollar fine? When the changes were clearly communicated, and reported on by the press!

In that case, what about the CSAM problem on the Meta-owned platforms? How many billions should that be?

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4. slowmovintarget ◴[06 Apr 25 20:16 UTC] No.43604608{3}[source]▶
That's right.

This is not about the blue check marks at all. It's about X not censoring information to the EU's tastes, and them finding something... anything, to punish Elon for it.

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5. AlecSchueler ◴[06 Apr 25 20:32 UTC] No.43604732{4}[source]▶
The process for this began before the inauguration right?
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6. addaon ◴[06 Apr 25 20:41 UTC] No.43604803{3}[source]▶
> Are you saying you think the semantics of that is anywhere near worth a billion dollar fine?

Did you reply to the correct post? My post was about what trustworthy information was removed, not about my assessment of worth or interpretation of a law in a nation where I’m not a citizen or a lawyer…

7. philwelch ◴[06 Apr 25 21:04 UTC] No.43604952[source]▶
> Thierry Breton is either an idiot or lying to push a political narrative.

But then again this has always been true.

8. slowmovintarget ◴[06 Apr 25 21:22 UTC] No.43605066{5}[source]▶
Don't know... Elon was a target before the inauguration anyhow.