X the latest internet giant to be fined in Italy over gambling promotion

AGCOM, the Media and Communications Authority of Italy, has summoned a €1.35m [$1.47m] fine on X (formerly Twitter) for continuing to promote gambling advertisements and content to Italian audiences.

According to the ruling, AGCOM has found nine separate instances of illegal advertisements that have come from different user accounts, all of them verified by the blue checkmark of the X platform.

It is understood that the social media platform took immediate action advised by the AGCOM by placing relevant restrictions on the accounts found guilty of the violations.

Since 2019, AGCOM has enforced the rules of the ‘Dignity Decree’, ordering all media platforms to impose a ban on all forms of gambling advertising, communications and content.