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Linda Yaccarino

Linda Yaccarino

Former CEO of X Corp.

Appears in 2 stories

Born: 1963 (age 62 years), Long Island, NY
Education: The Pennsylvania State University, Deer Park High School, and Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
Nationality: American

Stories

X platform faces multi-front regulatory assault

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Former Chief Executive Officer of X - Summoned for voluntary questioning in Paris on April 20, 2026

French prosecutors raided X's Paris offices on February 3, 2026, and summoned Elon Musk for questioning—a first for a major social media platform owner in Europe. What began as a complaint about biased algorithms in January 2025 has expanded into a criminal probe covering child sexual abuse material, sexually explicit deepfakes, and Holocaust denial, with the investigation now encompassing X's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok.

Updated Feb 3

EU’s first digital Services Act crackdown on X

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CEO of X - Operational lead responding to EU demands and crisis letters

On December 5, 2025, the European Commission issued its first-ever non‑compliance decision under the Digital Services Act (DSA), fining Elon Musk’s social platform X €120 million for misleading users with its paid blue checkmark system, failing to provide a transparent advertising repository, and obstructing researcher access to public data. Regulators concluded that X’s subscription-based ‘verified’ badge constitutes deceptive design because anyone can buy it without meaningful identity checks, while the platform’s ad library and data-access rules prevent independent scrutiny of scams, influence operations, and systemic online risks.

Updated Dec 11, 2025