Twitter Abandons Free Speech…

The European Union, Canada, and Australia have all gone full-on socialist. Only America stands as the last free beacon of the Western world. …

Regulators from the European Union have been placing increased pressure on Twitter to comply with its Orwellian ‘disinformation’ laws. …

Unfortunately, Twitter has capitulated and agreed to the European Union’s terms. …

So far, Elon Musk has remained silent on the matter, but I wonder if this will come to affect all of Twitter or if the silly little European socialists will be sequestered in their own corner of Twitter.

According to TRT World Now, EU regulator Thierry Breton has been threatening Musk for some time—attempting to force him into compliance.

EU Commissioner for Internal Markets, Thierry Breton, warns Elon Musk to ensure Twitter is in compliance with new EU regulations pic.twitter.com/fVSOqA1HA2

— TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) June 23, 2023

The war of words between Twitter and the EU continues after it is reported a team of EU officials arrived at Twitter HQ to meet with the organisation and staff, ahead new EU regulations on social media coming into force in August https://t.co/xXlK4P2CtH

— MCC Brussels (@MCC_Brussels) June 23, 2023

The Guardian reports:

Twitter has agreed to comply with tough new EU laws on fake news, Russian propaganda and online crime after a team of officials from the European Commission entered its headquarters to stress test its capacity to operate legally in Europe.

The move came just weeks after Elon Musk, Twitter’s owner, quit the bloc’s voluntary code of practice on disinformation.

Estaban Ramón suggested, “Twitter should pull out of Europe; people can access Twitter through American web sites and that of other still free countries. EU is communist now.”

@Twitter should pull out of Europe; people can access Twitter through American web sites and that of other still free countries. EU is communist now. https://t.co/kgxXHTKcbA

— Esteban Ramón (@realdonesteban) June 27, 2023

Bloomberg reports that Twitter has been given a deadline of August 25th to comply with the restrictive regulations due to an upcoming election.

Twitter needs to increase its resources if it wants to comply with new European regulations, especially on election disinformation, ahead of a deadline in August https://t.co/gGDeCp9zup

— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) June 23, 2023

Breitbart explained:

Breton said he told the Twitter team, with Musk joining by videoconference from New York, that “there are a few areas that will be critical immediately when the regulation will be enforceable.”

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This would be “especially everything related to child abuse which is a very hot topic for us in Europe, also disinformation in elections,” Breton said.

The commissioner’s two-day visit to San Francisco came just weeks before the European Union’s Digital Service Act (DSA) comes into full force for the world’s biggest platforms, including Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, as well as TikTok and Twitter.