Musk says Twitter feud with Apple boss 'resolved'

Elon Musk has said helium and Apple brag Tim Cook person "resolved the misunderstanding" implicit Twitter perchance being removed from the app store.

But the Twitter brag tweeted connected Wednesday that: "Tim was wide that Apple ne'er considered doing so."

He did not accidental if Apple's advertizing was discussed astatine the meeting.

The gathering betwixt the 2 tech leaders comes arsenic galore companies person halted spending connected Twitter amid concerns astir Mr Musk's contented moderation plans for the tract - a large stroke to the company, which relies connected specified spending for astir of its revenue.

Entering a feud connected Monday, Mr Musk accused Apple of "censorship" and criticised its policies, including the complaint it levies connected purchases made connected its app store.

"Apple has mostly stopped advertizing connected Twitter. Do they hatred escaped code successful America?" helium said.

But helium aboriginal told his followers helium was gathering with Mr Cook astatine Apple's headquarters, adding: "Good conversation. Among different things, we resolved the misunderstanding astir Twitter perchance being removed from the App Store. Tim was wide that Apple ne'er considered doing so."

News of the gathering with Apple came aft Mr Musk was told helium faced "huge enactment ahead" to bring Twitter into compliance with caller European Union rules connected disinformation oregon look a imaginable ban.

EU commissioner Thierry Breton made the comments successful a gathering with Mr Musk connected Wednesday, saying the societal media tract would person to code issues specified arsenic contented moderation, disinformation and targeted adverts.

Approved by the EU earlier this year, the Digital Services Act is seen arsenic the biggest overhaul of rules governing online enactment successful decades, imposing caller obligations connected companies to forestall maltreatment of their platforms.

Major companies are expected to beryllium successful compliance with the instrumentality immoderate clip adjacent year.

If firms are recovered to beryllium violation, they look fines of up to 6% of planetary turnover - oregon a prohibition successful the lawsuit of repeated superior breaches.

In a connection aft the meeting, Mr Breton said helium welcomed Mr Musk's assurances that helium would get Twitter acceptable to comply.

"Let's besides beryllium wide that determination is inactive immense enactment ahead, arsenic Twitter volition person to instrumentality transparent idiosyncratic policies, importantly reenforce contented moderation and support state of speech, tackle disinformation with resolve, and bounds targeted advertising," helium said.

"All of this requires capable AI [Artificial Intelligence] and quality resources, some successful volumes and skills. I look guardant to advancement successful each these areas and we volition travel to measure Twitter's readiness connected site."

The EU plans to behaviour a "stress test" successful 2023 up of a wider audit, his bureau said.

The moves person alarmed immoderate civilian rights groups, who person accused the billionaire of taking steps that volition summation hatred speech, misinformation and abuse.

In a blog post connected Wednesday, Twitter said nary of its policies had changed, but that it was experimenting successful an effort to amended the level much rapidly and would trust much connected steps to bounds the dispersed of worldly that interruption its rules - offering "freedom of code but not state of reach".

"Our spot & information squad continues its diligent enactment to support the level harmless from hateful conduct, abusive behavior, and immoderate usurpation of Twitter's rules," the institution added.

"The squad remains beardown and well-resourced, and automated detection plays an progressively important relation successful eliminating abuse," it said.