X Banned for Deceptive Ads

The irony of your announcement: You logged into your dormant ad account to take advantage of an exploit in our Ad Composer — to post a link that deceives users into thinking it’s a video and to artificially increase its reach. As you may be aware, X believes everyone should have an equal voice on our platform. However, it seems you believe that the rules should not apply to your account. Your ad account has been terminated. European Commission Today, we fined X for non-compliance with transparency obligations under the DSA. We're holding X accountable for: 🔷 Deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’...

A screenshot shows a post from Nikita Bier quoting an automated-looking termination notice from X, accusing an ad account of deceptive practices. The joke is the hypocrisy: X punishes an advertiser for misleading users while the European Commission simultaneously criticizes X for the deceptive design of its blue checkmark. It is used as a sarcastic reaction to perceived corporate double standards.

• @gentoomemes / 19522 2025-12-07