Elon Musk has denied that he is considering removing Twitter/X from the European Union after the EU Commission demanded that he remove certain content from the platform last week.
As Gript previously reported, the EU commissioner who oversees the union’s Digital Service Act rules, Thierry Breton, wrote to Musk last week demanding that the billionaire remove ‘graphic images and disinformation’ related to the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict.
In the letter Breton advised Musk that X is “being used to disseminate illegal content and disinformation in the EU” and warned that he needed “to be very transparent and clear” about what content is permitted and what is not, and that he should “be timely, diligent, and objective” in taking action to enforce “your own” policies.
Following the terrorist attacks by Hamas against 🇮🇱, we have indications of X/Twitter being used to disseminate illegal content & disinformation in the EU.
Urgent letter to @elonmusk on #DSA obligations ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/avMm1LHq54
— Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) October 10, 2023
A source close to Musk was reported to have said the Tesla CEO was frustrated by the EU’s demands and may block access to users in the EU in response but Musk has addressed the claims on X saying that they are “false”.
Yet another utterly false Business Insider. They are not a real publication.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 19, 2023
Breton also wrote to the owners of YouTube and Tiktok advising them that they would face financial penalties if they too failed to regulate their respective platforms in accordance with EU laws.
He warned Tiktok CEO Shou Zi Chew that the platform was being used to disseminate “illegal content” and “disinformation” saying on X that the platform has a “particular obligation to protect children & teenagers from violent content & terrorist propaganda —as well as death challenges & potentially life-threatening content.”
Writing to CEO of Google and Alphabet Sundar Pichai Breton with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan cc’d, he emphasised YouTube’s responsibility to tackle content created in order to ‘influence election results’ and must “tackle the risks to public security stemming from disinformation to public security and civic discourse,”.
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