> On X, anyone can pay to obtain the ‘verified' status without the company meaningfully verifying who is behind the account, making it difficult for users to judge the authenticity of accounts and content they engage with.
Caveat emptor. Sounds like the EU wants to push privacy-invading KYC requirements.
> … and the failure to provide access to public data for researchers.
That’s a wild thing to try to force a company to do with our data. And I deeply suspect they’d use that data to justify more reasons to engage in regulatory lawfare against sites like X.
The entire complaint reads as remarkably invasive. I think it’s time for the US to put the EU and UK regulatory class back in their place. How about we withhold $X*100 dollars in NATO spending for every $X dollars they fine a US company under laws like this.