Europe’s Latest Target Is Musk’s X

You have to hand it to the European Commission—they’re doing a great job innovating on regulation. Take today’s announcement that Elon Musk’s X may be in breach of the Digital Services Act, partly because Musk has devalued the blue checkmark by making it available to anyone who pays. What regulator has previously gone after a company for screwing up its own products?

European Commission official Thierry Breton is surely correct in his assessment that “back in the day, BlueChecks used to mean trustworthy sources of information. Now with X… they deceive users.” Yes, it’s harder for people to decide which accounts are authentic now.