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EU Commission sends preliminary findings of DSA breach to X

The logo of US online social media and social networking site 'X' (formerly known as Twitter) is displayed centrally on a smartphone screen.
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This is the first preliminary finding issued under the Digital Services Act.

X (formerly Twitter) has been informed that it is breaching the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas including links to dark patterns, advertising transparency and data access for researchers.

The EU Commission issued its preliminary view, based on an in-depth investigation including analysis of internal company documents,Digital

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