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par Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton on Tuesday asked US businessman Elon Musk, who became the owner of Twitter last year, to ensure that the social network works to comply with European Union regulations on online content.
Thierry Breton and Elon Musk spoke again by videoconference, two months after an interview during which the first named had warned the second of the “enormous work” that awaited Twitter to comply with EU standards in terms of transparency. , content moderation and protection of freedom of expression.
These are standards that came into force in the community bloc last November under a Digital Services Act (DSA) that provides for fines of up to 6% of global turnover for guilty platforms. of offence.
Speaking after their video interview, Thierry Breton said “welcome the efforts that Twitter is making to be in line with Europe’s objectives, while recognizing that the coming months will be crucial”.
“We need to see more progress towards full compliance with the DSA,” the EU industry commissioner said, according to a report of the discussion.
Elon Musk said on Twitter that he had a good interview with Thierry Breton, saying that the EU’s objectives were aligned with those of the social network.
While thousands of employees have left Twitter or been landed, Thierry Breton told Elon Musk that he was vigilant about the resources and tools implemented by the digital giant to respond to issues in all the languages of the EU, is it written in the minutes.
(Report Foo Yun Chee; French version Jean Terzian)
