> It will be interesting how Musk wants to comply. He likely can’t just abolish blue checkmarks for EU users only, as they would still be deceived by checkmarks connected to non-EU accounts.

> The only ways I see are a) He abolishes the system or b) does not show any checkmarks on the platform to EU users or c) rolls the system back to a true identity verification. All three options appear unlikely.

The 4th option is simply to position it not as "Verified accounts" but as something like "Paid Subscriber" or something like that.

Currently, Blue Checkmark / Verified account has this very clear explanation what qualifies as "verified": https://help.x.com/en/managing-your-account/about-x-verified...