EU sources stated on Monday that Elon Musk has assured the European Commission that Twitter will proceed to adjust to strict European guidelines on policing unlawful on-line content material, now owned by the social community.
Musk instructed EU trade chief Thierry Breton final week in a beforehand unreported change that he deliberate to adjust to the sector’s Digital Services Act, which imposes heavy fines on firms for not controlling unlawful content material.
EU officers instructed Reuters the self-described free speech absolutist agreed to a gathering with Breton, a former French finance minister, within the coming weeks.
The change got here after Breton took to Twitter on Friday to warn Musk in regards to the new European regulation.
“In Europe, birds will fly by our EU rules,” Breton tweeted on Friday.
Musk’s reassurances appeared to recommend a practical perspective from the CEO of electrical automobile maker Tesla Inc., who had beforehand expressed a need to see there are fewer limits on the content material that may be posted on Twitter.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
