Twitter cannot hide from EU rules after exit from code, EU's Breton says

Twitter cannot run away from its obligations even after quitting a voluntary EU code of practice to tackle disinformation, EU industry chief Thierry Breton warned the company late on Friday. They also have to provide information on the number or value of political "Twitter leaves EU voluntary code of practice against disinformation. Since Twitter was acquired by billionaire Elon Musk for $44 billion last October, the company has cut thousands of jobs and made numerous changes. The Digital Services Act obliges Twitter, Google, Meta Platforms Inc, Microsoft Corp, Alibaba's AliExpress and five other large online platforms to do more to tackle illegal online content.