EU warns Musk that Twitter faces ban over content moderation
Source: Financial Times
Thierry Breton, the EU's commissioner in charge of implementing the bloc's digital rules, made the threat during a video meeting with Musk on Wednesday, according to people with knowledge of the conversation.
Breton told Musk he must adhere to a checklist of rules, including ditching an "arbitrary" approach to reinstating banned users, pursuing disinformation "aggressively" and agreeing to an "extensive independent audit" of the platform by next year.
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Among the EU's demands is that Musk provides clear criteria on which users are at risk of being banned. Musk has reinstated Donald Trump's account after holding a poll of users on whether the former US president should be allowed to return to the site.
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Breton also called on Musk to also apply strict rules when it comes to advertising, including a ban on targeting children or users based on sensitive information, including religious and political beliefs. These measures are in line with the EU's new digital rules that will be applied from the start of next year.
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Read more: https://ft.com/content/a07ca1ae-9f9a-46ee-9457-27bb30e18ed2
Musk has already tweeted about plans for Twitter to do more targeted advertising, especially with accounts paying for the blue checkmarks (fewer total ads for them, but more targeted). And the RW groups who'll want to advertise on Twitter will want the kind of sensitive info those EU rules will block Musk from giving them.
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