Elon Musk Should Testify to EU Parliament After Twitter Takeover: Lawmaker

Lawmakers are pushing Elon Musk to come back to the European Parliament and reassure them that Twitter Inc. will not develop into a platform that threatens democracy. Sophie in ‘t Veld, a key member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs panel, stated she is anxious about giving “free rein” to hate speech, the incitement of hatred and violence, disinformation searching for to affect elections.

“We first want to know: Is he indeed going to play by the rules, to respect European laws?” in ‘t Veld, a Dutch member of the European Parliament, stated in an interview on Bloomberg TV. “I think we also want to be reassured that Twitter is not going to be, let’s say, a threat to democracy.”

The EU’s inside market commissioner, Thierry Breton, has warned Musk that he must observe the EU’s guidelines, most notably the Digital Services Act which requires firms to take down unlawful content material and take extra motion to fight dangerous content material.

Musk, who portrays himself as a free-speech absolutist, has made quite a few key adjustments to Twitter since he took over on the finish of October, together with shedding practically half the corporate’s workforce and making customers pay to obtain a blue examine mark that thus far has meant the corporate verified the consumer’s id.

In ‘t Veld additionally stated she would not pay to maintain the blue examine mark. “Why would I pay Elon Musk?” she stated, including that Musk purchased the corporate to become profitable. “We have to pay for it for him to conduct his business?”

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