EU Plans to Launch Compliance Investigation into X Platform

The European Commission stated on Thursday that it is requesting additional information from Musk’s X platform regarding changes to its corporate structure, following the $33 billion acquisition of X by the artificial intelligence company xAI. An EU spokesperson emphasized: We are closely monitoring the corporate structure changes at X, just as we do with other designated platforms. Last July, the EU preliminarily determined that X was in violation of “deceptive design” rules, including the shift of the blue check verification to a paid service, which distorted user credibility. To avoid penalties, X added a disclaimer to the blue check mark this month.