“Let’s be clear: there’s still a huge amount of work to be done.” Twitter will need to “significantly increase content moderation, protect freedom of expression, and fight disinformation resolutely.” After an exchange of views with Elon Musk, European Commissioner Thierry Breton did not hide son opinion.
Towards a Twitter ban in Europe?
Greetings @elonmuskintention to prepare Twitter 2.0 for tea #DSA???????? Huge work still ahead – since Twitter will have to implement a transparent user policy, significantly strengthen content moderation and fight against disinformation. looking for forward see progress in all these areas. peak.twitter.com/Nc7sGlb9YL — Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) November 30, 2022
Twitter will have to work hard to comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA), a European Union regulation that imposes new obligations on major platforms, in particular with regard to content moderation, he said. This system should come into force before 2024 in Europe. If the necessary measures are not taken, the sanctions against Twitter will be severe. The DSA provides for fines that can be as high as 6% of global turnover. A penalty that would be very heavy on the network social, in the grip of great economic difficulties. Worse, the platform can simply be banned in the EU. From son On the other hand, Elon Musk keeps a low profile. He calls the DSA’s requirements “very reasonable”. He says he has read the new European rules and believes they should apply worldwide.
Elon Musk’s first decisions do not inspire optimism
But the first actions of the entrepreneur at the head of Twitter still sow doubts among European and American leaders. Presenting himself as an absolute champion of free speech, the billionaire thus restored the accounts of troubled individuals such as former US President Donald Trump. Recently, Twitter stepped down from its fight against pandemic-related misinformation. Net social released a very cautious statement saying, “As of November 23, 2022, Twitter no longer has a policy on misleading information about Covid-19. This decision has since been widely criticized. For example, Emmanuel Macron spoke about son opposition yesterday during his state visit to the United States. Answering a question from the ABC television channel, the French president thus considered that this “creates a big problem.” He adds: “I think we should address this directly, I’m in favor of the exact opposite, more regulation. We do it in France and we do it at the European level. To learn a little more about the new rules of the Digital Services Law and the Digital Market Law, which should greatly change the Internet in Europe, we invite you to read this summary on the subject here.
