Senior EU official Thierry Breton announced that Twitter is exiting the anti-deformation agreement, which many other major social media platforms have also agreed to.
Thierry Breton, Commissioner for the Internal Market of the European UnionIn a statement on social media yesterday, Twitter said that the European Union’s response to online disinformation “Implementation Rules” He said he was withdrawing from the contract.
EU rules on this disinformation were previously TikTok, Facebook And Instagram Other major social media platforms such as The purpose of the agreement was to prevent fake news emerging on social media.
Getting out of the EU Disinformation Act could cost Musk dearly
We all know Twitter owner Elon Musk’s plans to turn the platform into a free-thinking platform. However, many allegations made in a false and deviant way are enough to confuse the situation in a short time.
Twitter, which adopted the EU Disinformation Law in 2018; It has committed to taking steps to combat the spread of misinformation on the platform by targeting related advertising revenues, blocking bots and fake accounts, providing consumers with tools to report disinformation, and empowering researchers to work.
European Union Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, in the tweet he shared yesterday; “Twitter is departing from the EU voluntary Code of Practice against disinformation. However, the obligations remain. You can run but you can’t hide” he wrote. Breton, the platform is the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) within the scope of this application, Mandatory as of August 25 He also stated that it will.
The EU-wide law, which went into effect in November, aims for platforms like Twitter to assess and mitigate systemic risks such as civic discourse and disinformation to electoral processes.
Twitter’s previous administration had included the platform in the voluntary EU Disinformation Act in 2018. But Twitter’s current controversial owner, Elon Musk, seems intent on fighting with the EU over moderation of conversations.
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On the other hand, this could be an expensive fight for Musk. Because DSA violations can result in penalties of up to 6% of global annual turnover.