Twitter will have to comply with the Digital Services Act, European Commissioner Thierry Breton has warned. Elon Musk, however, has already agreed to white-check the platform before these new European rules are enforced. Twitter moderation risks becoming a sensitive issue. since Elon Musk took over the platform. The American billionaire reduced the staff, revised the account certification system, moderation was not spared. However, soon the Twitter boss will have to comply with new rules in the European Union. Meanwhile, European Commissioner Thierry Breton indirectly warned the platform during an interview with France Intel. These new rules are DSA or Digital Services Act rules. In this way, they set new standards for online platforms, whether in terms of transparency towards users, moderation, privacy and security.
Elon Musk agreed to a white audit
Regarding Twitter, Thierry Breton stated during son interview that Elon Musk “does what he wants” until September. But from September “he will do what we ask him” if he wants to continue working in the EU, the European Commissioner explained.
.@ThierryBreton on Twitter: Elon Musk “does what he wants until September 1st” then “from September 1st he will do whaton asks him to do if he wants to keep working” #PolQuestions peak.twitter.com/j2qVNTfD4X – France Inter (@franceinter) April 23, 2023
A statement suggesting that the European Union will not compromise once its new rules come into effect. But for now, Thierry Breton still looks bullish on Twitter. He explains that before applying the rules for online platforms, the EU invites them to undergo a white audit. And, according to the European Commissioner, Elon Musk agreed that Twitter is doing this check. In addition, Thierry Breton will personally travel to California to conduct a fictitious Twitter audit. After, on should know more about points where the platform will need to make changes to comply with DSA rules.
Twitter: problems with moderation?
Moderation will certainly be a sore point. In an article published in March, the Financial Times points out, for example, that the European Union has already asked Twitter to hire more people to moderate content. Reacting to the article, the platform stated: “We are committed to fully complying with the Digital Services Act and have had several productive discussions with EU officials about our efforts in this area. We will continue to use a combination of technologies and personnel expert for proactively detecting and removing illegal content, and community ratings will allow people to learn about potential misinformation in an informative, transparent, and trustworthy way.” Regarding moderation on the platforms, Thierry Breton indicated that they will be “protected from online harassment, fake news, on will be protected from many things, including on complains and everything that he does today, in the information space, on there is a feeling that he is in the space of lawlessness. In any case, as soon as these rules come into force, a team trained by the European Commission will be able to descend. As explained on the French government page, in the event of a violation of the DSA, the EU can impose a fine of up to 6% of the annual global turnover of the offending platform.
