We know it since Elon Musk took power within Twitter with the takeover, Europe is not serene. And she continues to monitor Musk’s actions.
Since the takeover of the social network Twitter by the eccentric billionaire Elon Musk, things have changed. Between layoffs, new rules, censorship, etc. And Europe, cautious of the security of its citizens on the net, is watching over the grain. For this reason Elon Musk spoke with European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton.
Europe is monitoring Musk over Twitter
The social network taken over by Elon Musk is in the crosshairs of Europe, which accuses the latter of not respecting the continent’s standards in terms of online moderation. In particular by letting a lot of things be said. The European industry chief told Twitter owner he needed to do more in the coming months to fully comply with online content rules.
I salute the effort that Twitter is making to be in line with the objectives of Europe, while recognizing that the next few months will be crucial.
We need to see more progress towards full compliance with the DSA (Digital Service Act). My team will closely follow the work done by Twitter and all other online platforms
With its entry into force on November 16, the major platforms will have to respect the DSA to the letter or risk receiving fines of up to 6% of their global turnover. Which is just huge. In this context, we understand better why Musk seems to be making an effort, especially since he absolutely wants to straighten out Twitter’s finances. This is clearly not the time to have a ticket of this type. There is still a long way to go, in particular to put an end more quickly to hate speech without drawing a line completely on the freedom of expression that he advocates so much.
Do you think Europe has the means to convince Elon Musk?
