EU hits Musk's X with $140M fine over blue checkmark, transparency concerns

The European Union (EU) hit billionaire Elon Musk’s social platform X with a $140 million fine Friday for violating the Digital Services Act (DSA), the first time a company has been sanctioned under the bloc’s tech law.  The EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, accused X of deceiving users with its blue checkmark system and failing to create a transparent advertising repository and provide researchers…