No sooner had Elon Musk bought the blue bird than the European Union was ready to steal his feathers. This Wednesday, European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton held a video conference with the American billionaire to issue a serious warning: if Twitter does not comply with European moderation rules, the social network will be subject to sanctions and even banned in Europe.
In particular, the refusal to moderate false information on Covid-19 from November 23, as well as the return of several tens of thousands of accounts previously banned by the platform. The billionaire’s decision came after a simple Twitter poll, a method he also used to reactivate Donald Trump’s account. “There is still a lot of work to be done as Twitter needs to implement a transparent usage policy, significantly increase content moderation, protect freedom of speech, fight disinformation resolutely and…
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