Regulators criticized X’s blue checkmarks, stating they mislead users ... which it refused. EU industry chief Thierry Breton denied any secret deal and invited X to offer commitments or face ...

the design and functioning of X’s blue checkmark feature is an illegal verification tool as anyone can pay to obtain it and gain verified status, which it said can deceive users. The checkmarks ...

X has once again been accepting payments from people associated with terrorist groups and other entities subject to US ...

The EU last year accused X, owned by U.S. tech billionaire Elon Musk, of breaching the DSA over its blue checkmarks for certified accounts. And as part of a wide-ranging probe, the EU is looking into ...

And the company is reviving the Twitter-style blue checkmark ... before Elon Musk bought that site, renamed it X, and allowed users to buy checkmarks. So, if you've been yearning for Twitter ...

The social media platform will now hand out blue checkmarks to accounts that it authenticates. One thing that stands out about this verification program is that, unlike X, it does not require ...

Twitter once introduced the blue checkmarks for verification, but they now work differently there. On Bluesky, they are now used for authentication. As Bluesky explains, the blue checkmarks are to ...

The EU last year accused X, owned by US tech billionaire Elon Musk, of breaching the DSA over its blue checkmarks for certified accounts. And as part of a wide-ranging probe, the EU is looking ...