“Twitter has chosen a hard way to comply with our digital laws,” she added.
“Russia’s disinformation is dangerous and it is irresponsible to leave [the] EU's anti-disinformation Code”.
Even without the anti-disinformation code, Breton said he will hold Twitter accountable to comply with the bloc’s content rules.
The act will force big online platforms and search engines to be more diligent in their content moderation and cut down on disinformation.
For Twitter, this would mean allowing users to flag illegal content on the platform and act quickly to address the spread of disinformation.
France’s Digital Minister Jean-Noel Barrot even threatened to ban Twitter if the platform refuses to comply with these new rules.
Many of the accounts he restored had been suspended or banned for spreading misinformation, conspiracy theories, or hateful speech. »