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Elon Musk Takes Twitter Out of the EU’s Disinformation Code of Practice

by gregd on 5/28/23, 3:04 PM with 5 comments

• by neovialogistics on 5/28/23, 4:25 PM

  Participation in regulatory "regimes" isn't just a ball and chain that weighs down a company, it's also a shield that protects them from legal liability.

• by coldtea on 5/28/23, 3:13 PM

  Taking Twitter out of a EU bureaucracy enforced censorship scheme, where they decide what's OK to publish and what's disinformation?

  And that in today's political climate where e.g. in France if you swear against Macron you can be prosecuted [1] (or even arrested when at London [2]), or e.g. having a different opinion on covid measures labelled you an "anti-vaxxer that spreads disinformation" (when a little later the heads of EU where investigated for taking bribes from pharmaceutical companies) [3]?

  Oh, the humanity!

  [1] https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230329-french-woman-...

  [2] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/19/french-publi...

  [3] https://www.politico.eu/article/covid19-european-commission-...