Twitter Likely To Exit EU Agreement On Disinformation

Euractiv reports:

Twitter told the European Commission it is seriously considering withdrawing from the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation, a voluntary agreement that preludes upcoming binding rules, EU officials told EURACTIV. The announcement of Twitter’s withdrawal from the code would come as little surprise to those involved in the voluntary pledge. Since Elon Musk took over the tech company in October, he slashed entire departments, including those responsible for content moderation, to cut costs.

“I was waiting for this. It was purely a matter of time,” an EU official told EURACTIV under the condition of anonymity, adding that Twitter’s eventual withdrawal might be the end of a headache for the Commission, given the platform’s lack of compliance. In February, the signatories of the code to fight disinformation, which includes all major platforms, had to submit their first progress report. Twitter stood out for its poor effort in complying with the voluntary commitments and was issued a moral ‘yellow card’.

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Twitter is set to resign from the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation as early as this week, @eaTechEU has learned. Another sign that the platform might not intend to comply with the #DSA and that its exit from Europe is increasingly likely.https://t.co/A0IUvwdpoB

— Luca Bertuzzi (@BertuzLuca) May 25, 2023