Shadowbanned: AfD Accuses Twitter of Election Interference
What happened to Elon Musk’s free speech pledge? The European Conservative also has a “search selection ban” on the influential social media platform.
What happened to Elon Musk’s free speech pledge? The European Conservative also has a “search selection ban” on the influential social media platform.
Elon Musk’s message has been well-received by many, but the actual compensatory process is as yet unclear.
Elon Musk’s rebranding of Twitter to X is part of a swirl of events that pits the volatile entrepreneur against the EU as new copyright lawsuits and hate speech legislation loom on the horizon.
The EU has become fully reliant on Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX, to get its satellites into orbit, while its regulators hope to bring the hammer down on Musk this month over hate speech regulation on Twitter.
Ad experts have spoken out about Musk’s latest move, which they believe could potentially undermine efforts by Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino to attract advertisers.
The EU has sent its top gun in the form of Commission official Thierry Breton to prepare Twitter and Facebook for new hate speech regulations.
In an interview on French television, the American magnate said he had more power now than if he were president, but Twitter would comply with the EU.
“Twitter has chosen the hard way, they chose confrontation,” Commission VP Věra Jourová said, promising vigorous enforcement of EU law and a hefty penalty if Twitter’s compliance is deemed insufficient.
While abiding by the Code is voluntary, the same does not apply to the EU’s new content moderation rulebook, the Digital Services Act. Regarding the latter, EU Commissioner Thierry Breton warned: “You can run, but you can’t hide.”
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