Breton to Musk: “There’s huge work ahead to bring Twitter into compliance with digital law”

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The platform must implement a transparent user policy, protect free speech, tackle misinformation decisively and limit targeted advertising

He had contact with Elon Musk earlier today Wednesday Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton who pointed out to the head of Twitter that the platform must implement a transparent user policyprotect free speech, tackle misinformation decisively and limit targeted advertising.

In particular, as the relevant announcement states, after the meeting on May 9, in which Elon Musk committed to comply with the new EU legislation on the electronic platform, today the European Commissioner Thierry Breton and the CEO of Twitter Elon Musk they discussed the company’s readiness to comply with the new EU law on digital services.

“I welcome Elon Musk’s statements of intent to prepare Twitter 2.0 for the Digital Services Act (DSA). I’m glad to hear that he has read it carefully and sees it as a sensible approach to implement on a global basis,” Mr Breton said, stressing however that there was “still a huge amount of work ahead”.

Breton and Musk agreed that Commission services will conduct a stress test at Twitter’s headquarters in early 2023, which will allow the platform to target compliance even before legal deadlines and prepare for an extensive independent audit. as provided by the DSA.

The Digital Services Act (DSA), which came into force in November 2022, creates new obligations for online platforms to reduce harm and address risks online. These rules will give users new protection and businesses legal certainty across the single market. In case of non-compliance, the companies face fines of up to 6% of global turnover, and even a ban on operating in the EU single market in case of repeated serious infringements.

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