{"id":224782245,"date":"2024-07-12T17:30:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T21:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/?p=224782245"},"modified":"2024-07-13T00:24:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T04:24:52","slug":"eu-declares-x-harmful-for-marketing-blue-checkmarks-phones-canada-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/eu-declares-x-harmful-for-marketing-blue-checkmarks-phones-canada-insider\/","title":{"rendered":"eu declares x harmful for marketing blue checkmarks phones canada insider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission has announced its preliminary findings that X, formerly known as Twitter, may have breached the Digital Services Act. After an in-depth investigation, including reviewing internal documents and expert interviews, the Commission found issues with X\u2019s practices:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 The interface for \u201cverified accounts\u201d with the \u201cBlue checkmark\u201d may mislead users by allowing anyone to obtain a verified status.<br \/>\n\u2013 X fails to comply with transparency requirements for advertising set by the DSA, hindering transparency for users.<br \/>\n\u2013 The platform does not provide necessary access to public data for researchers as required by the DSA.<\/p>\n<p>These findings have been communicated to X for review and response before any final decision is made. If confirmed, X could face fines up to 6% of its global annual revenue and corrective measures.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission has also introduced a whistleblower tool to aid in monitoring compliance by VLOPs, with other platforms like TikTok, AliExpress, and Meta also under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for updates on this developing story as more information becomes available. Phones Canada is committed to keeping you informed on important telecommunications news and developments.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission has announced its preliminary findings that X, formerly known as Twitter, may have breached the Digital Services Act. After an in-depth investigation, including reviewing internal documents and expert interviews, the Commission found issues with X&#8217;s practices: &#8211; The interface for &#8220;verified accounts&#8221; with the &#8220;Blue checkmark&#8221; may mislead users by allowing anyone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":224782246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":255,"footnotes":""},"categories":[255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224782245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-tips-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224782245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224782245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224782245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224782246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224782245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224782245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224782245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}