Overview
- The European Commission confirmed that X submitted proposals focused on how the platform awards its verification badge.
- Details of the proposed changes were not disclosed, and the Commission said it will now analyze the submission after recent talks.
- EU officials consider the current badge system misleading and potentially conducive to fraud after X made the check available to paying users.
- A €120 million fine imposed in December is due for payment on Monday, even as X contests the penalty at the EU General Court.
- Separate DSA investigations, including matters linked to the Grok AI, remain open with deadlines on two other allegations running until April 28.