Elon Musk’s efforts to remake Twitter may leave him on course for a clash with Europe’s new rules targeting Big Tech.
not just in the United States but further afield, where backlash to the move in Europe highlighted what could be an impending showdown with the billionaire.
Germany's foreign ministry tweeted that"press freedom cannot be switched on and off on a whim,” while French minister of industry Roland Lescure tweeted on Friday morning that he would suspend his account in protest until further notice. His account remains active, but no tweets have been made since.Perhaps most notable, however, was the reaction from senior officials at the E.U., the 27-nation bloc that is taking an increasingly robust stance on regulating the online space.
Failure to comply in the case of very large online platforms and search engines would result in fines of up to 6% of the company's global turnover, according to Jourová’s office. Following internal strife at the company in November, top E.U. official Thierry Breton warned Musk that to comply with the bloc's content moderation laws “Twitter will have to implement transparent user policies, significantly reinforce content moderation and protect freedom of speech, tackle disinformation with resolve, and limit targeted advertising,” according to a transcript of a conference call released by his office.
“Elon Musk and Twitter are nimble. He can wake up one morning and snap his fingers, and by 4 o'clock, the world’s changed,” he added. “The E.U. can condemn it, they can look at laws and have a discussion, and be months or years down the line.” “While platforms are pervasive in everyday life, the governance across the scale of their activities is incomplete and insufficient,” he added.to enforce the Digital Services Act and other new rules on digital competition. Member countries also will have to hire more people to police smaller platforms and coordinate with Brussels.
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