Elon Musk has assured the European Commission that Twitter will proceed to abide by powerful European guidelines on unlawful on-line content material policing now the social community has handed below his possession, EU sources stated on Monday.

In a beforehand unreported trade final week, Musk informed Thierry Breton, the EU’s trade chief, that he deliberate to adjust to the area’s Digital Services Act, which levies hefty fines on corporations if they don’t management unlawful content material.

The self-described free speech absolutist agreed to carry a gathering with Breton, a former French finance minister, within the coming weeks, the EU officers informed Reuters. The trade got here after Breton took to Twitter to warn Musk in regards to the new European laws on Friday. “In Europe, the bird will fly by our EU rules,” Breton tweeted on Friday.

The assurances from Musk appeared to counsel a realistic perspective from the CEO of electrical automotive maker Tesla, who has beforehand expressed his want to see Twitter have fewer limits on content material that may be posted.

In May this 12 months, EU trade chief Thierry Breton met Tesla boss Elon Musk in Texas and the 2 signalled settlement on EU digital media regulation forward of Musk’s buy of Twitter.

The earlier assembly got here weeks after the world’s richest man clinched a deal to purchase the social media firm for $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,40,270 crore) in money.

In a video with the 2 males posted on Twitter by Breton, the EU official tells Musk that he defined the Digital Services Act to Musk. “It fits pretty well with what you think we should do,” Breton tells Musk in a tweet that included the hashtag #DSA.

“I think it’s exactly aligned with my thinking,” Musk responds.

The two didn’t go into element on the brand new legislation, which levies hefty fines on corporations if they don’t management unlawful content material. The guidelines ban promoting geared toward youngsters or based mostly on faith, gender, race, and political views, for instance.

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