EU Commissioner Thierry Breton has visited Twitter’s headquarters to check on the company’s progress in complying with the European Union’s pro-censorship Digital Services Act (DSA), set to be implemented in August. “Twitter is the 1st platform to undergo a ‘stress test’ to prepare for #DSA. The company is taking this exercise very seriously. Constructive dialogue…
Twitter Undergoes ‘Stress Test’ For New Censorship Regulations in Europe
Twitter Put Under ‘Stress Test’ for New Censorship Regulations in Europe
European Commissioner Thierry Breton has visited Twitter’s headquarters to check on the company’s progress in complying with the European Union’s pro-censorship Digital Services Act (DSA), set to be implemented in August. “Twitter is the 1st platform to undergo a ‘stress test’ to prepare for #DSA,” Breton said in a June 23 tweet. “The company is taking this…
Musk’s Twitter Threatened With $700,000 Daily Fine Unless It Tackles ‘Hate Speech’
Australia’s eSafety commissioner has issued Elon Musk’s Twitter with a legal notice to explain what it is doing to tackle hate speech on its platform. The commissioner says it has received “more complaints about online hate on Twitter in the past 12 months” than any other platform and alleges an “increasing number” of reports of…
‘That’s a Lie’: Musk Blasts BBC Reporter on Twitter Hate Speech Issue
Twitter CEO Elon Musk ripped into BBC reporter James Clayton during an interview after the journalist consistently tried to insist that Twitter was enabling the proliferation of hate speech, but then failed to provide any proof of such content. In the interview on April 11 at Twitter headquarters, Clayton insists that hate speech content has risen on…
Censors Set Their Sights on Musk’s Twitter Takeover
Commentary Not long after Elon Musk acquired Twitter with his promise of ending its censorship regime, a reporter from Reuters covering a White House press conference asked Karine Jean-Pierre, President Joe Biden’s press secretary, whether Twitter might become a “vector of misinformation.” Jean-Pierre’s response at the Nov. 28 press conference was: “This is something that…
‘Utterly False’: Musk Blasts New York Times for Hate Speech Report on Twitter
Twitter owner Elon Musk blasted a New York Times report claiming problematic content and hate speech was on an “unprecedented” rise on the platform following his takeover, countering earlier claims by the billionaire. According to findings by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, the Anti-Defamation League, and other groups, the NY Times reported that slurs…
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