Elon Musk is driving Europe’s tiny little bureaucrats crazy. From Rachel Marsden at azerbaycan24.com:
Elon Musk. © Ludovic Marin/ Pool Photo via AP
If Brussels’ tech disinfo code is voluntary, then why did officials freak out when Musk yanked Twitter from it? Rachel Marsden is a columnist, political strategist, and host of independently produced talk-shows in French and English.Rachel Marsden is a columnist, political strategist, and host of independently produced talk-shows in French and English.rachelmarsden.comElon Musk. © Ludovic Marin/ Pool Photo via AP
European Union officials are having a meltdown, all because Twitter CEO Elon Musk has withdrawn the platform from a “voluntary” EU code of conduct for tech firms to combat so-called “disinformation.” And they have yet to cite a single actual example of it.
EU Internal Markets Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted, “You can run, but you can’t hide,” citing a legal obligation to prevent disinformation from August. He’s basically treating Musk, a guy who builds rockets and cars in America, like an unruly schoolchild, with Brussels in the role of the principal. French Digital Minister Jean-Noel Barrot even threatened to ban Twitter from the EU in a recent interview, citing the “grave” threat of disinformation.
