Twitter needs to comply with EU rules connected contented moderation and different online policies, French President Emmanuel Macron told Elon Musk successful a gathering connected Friday.
"Transparent idiosyncratic policies, important reinforcement of contented moderation and extortion of state of speech: efforts person to beryllium made by Twitter to comply with European regulations," Macron said aft what helium called a "clear and honorable discussion" with the Twitter CEO successful the U.S.
Twitter's determination to halt enforcing its COVID-19 misinformation argumentation has travel nether occurrence successful the EU.
Earlier this week, Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton warned Musk that EU rules necessitate platforms to mean content, tackle disinformation and person transparent idiosyncratic policies, and that Twitter risked EU sanctions if it doesn't comply.
Věra Jourová, the European Commission’s vice president for values and transparency, meanwhile, said that Twitter's argumentation changes had drawn Brussels' attention: “In my view, Twitter present is jumping to the beforehand of the queue of the regulators," she told POLITICO.
Twitter's argumentation changes are "a large issue," Macron said connected Thursday successful an interview connected Good Morning America, adding: "What I propulsion precise overmuch for is precisely the opposite: much regulation."
"Free code and ideology is based connected respect and nationalist order. You tin demonstrate, you tin person escaped speech, you tin constitute what you want, but determination are responsibilities and limits," helium argued.
Musk told Macron that Twitter would travel the Christchurch Call, which is aimed astatine restricting the dispersed of violent worldly connected the internet, and would cooperate to amended kid extortion online, the French president said pursuing their meeting.
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