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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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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.

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?

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.

The process for this began before the inauguration right?

Don't know... Elon was a target before the inauguration anyhow.

> 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…

> Thierry Breton is either an idiot or lying to push a political narrative.

But then again this has always been true.

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