The latest trending news in the digital world is about Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of Twitter.
He has arrived with a bang and with many new changes in mind. From cutting the current headcount by 75% to firing the CEO and other top executives, this man means business.
Then, of course, there’s talk of revamping the app’s policies to help better accommodate the idea of promoting everyone’s free speech.
As the world takes note, the European Commissioner for the Internal Market is having his say on how the app should adhere to its own rules and regulations. While it’s still not entirely clear what direction Musk plans to take the company, a lot will definitely change.
This has left the workforce, investors and advertisers confused and anxious to see what happens next. But the EU claims that its own guidelines must be followed if the app is to work in this part of the world, which many claim is an indirect warning.
Musk was seen calling out the firm’s senior leadership after it failed to address issues like bots that really affected the platform and its content moderation policies.
did the EU Commissioner of course his tweet came with the DSA hashtag along with it and it’s a bold reminder of how the DSA or Digital Services Act will play out as it forces tech giants to act quickly and remove content that doesn’t adhere to its policies.
Common genres include abuse, terrorism and even hate speech. Additionally, Elon Musk has mentioned several times in the past that the firm will certainly obey those laws and is looking forward to being around them during this period in May.
But the fact that the tweet is out now means the EU is sending a warning that Twitter only regulates under EU leadership. Questions related to the reinstatement of banned accounts, such as Donald Trump’s, have slowly become moot.
Twitter has now simply realized that it would first create its own modern content board that would include a lot of diversity in terms of viewpoints. New policies will be set and this will happen immediately before intervention by a council. At the moment, there is no word on how long it will take for this council to form and hold its first meeting. But we certainly think it’s very interesting to see the company go through a phase like this at the moment.
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