DiResta: The EU fined X for transparency violations. Guess what happened next.
The European Commission fined social platform X under the Digital Services Act for deceptive use of its ‘verified’ status policies and lack of transparency. X’s owner Elon Musk shot back declaring ‘censorship.’
Renee DiResta / Agents of Influence
In my newsletter from just before Thanksgiving, I wrote about the little scandal on X in which a whole lot of MAGA folks suddenly learned that many of their favorite paidcheck influencers were not what they seemed. MAGAMom1776 was actually in Nigeria! BasedChad with the eagle avi was a man in India arbitraging the rev share program Elon had thrown together: Spend a few bucks a month on a bluecheck, pump out AI slop, LARP as an irate patriot, and profit.
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