Last week, European Commissioner Thierry Breton announced that Twitter has dropped its list of signatories to the European best practice guidelines against disinformation. Let’s just say that Parliament is now watching the social network closely, especially after Elon Musk decided to reactivate the accounts of many troubled users, some of whom are not afraid to spread fake news on a mass basis.
This decision therefore raises the question of the future of social networking in Europe. As of today, all options are on the table. “Twitter will be banned from the European Union if it does not comply with our rules”warned Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister Delegate for Digital Transition and Telecommunications. Tone set. “You can run, but you can’t hide.He also warned Thierry Breton during the statement.
Will Europe ban Twitter soon?
“Twitter plays an important role in public debate, but we cannot risk a social network like Twitter being taken hostage by disinformation advocates, thereby affecting our public debate, our democracy.”believes Jean-Noël Barrot. At a time when conspiracy theories and hate messages are spreading faster than ever on the platform, it’s hard not to share the minister’s fears.
In addition, he is much less dangerous when it comes to AI, while OpenAI has let him know that his future is in jeopardy due to the seriousness of GDPR. Jean-Noël Barrot rightly states that the position of Parliament “extreme”declaring that he bears the risk of the latter “Taking the European Union out of technological history” . According to the Minister “trapped for decades of subjugation and technological addiction”in case of ban.
