2023-06-16 16:45:00
In front of 3,600 people at the Dôme de Paris, questioned by the general manager of Orange Christel Heydemann, the American billionaire kicked in touch and was content to affirm that Twitter respected the laws of each country.
In passing, he admitted that he had paid too much for the micro-blogging site. “If I’m so smart, why did I pay so much for it?” he quipped, when he paid 44 billion dollars for this operation.
While the boss of Orange abruptly challenged him on the reasons why Twitter has just left the European Union’s code of good conduct on disinformation, Elon Musk replied: if “someone who says something you don’t like” is blocked, “it’s only a matter of time before censorship turns against you”.
“Freedom of expression matters,” insisted Elon Musk, known for his libertarian positions on this subject.
“We need to have as much freedom of speech as the laws of different countries allow us,” he added, “and it doesn’t seem fair to me to say that Twitter goes beyond the laws” on the subject. .
“We do not promote offensive tweets,” he also defended himself, repeating that “Twitter should be a positive force for civilization.”
“If you’re harassed, it’s a bad experience,” he admitted, however.
At the end of 2022, European Commissioner Thierry Breton had ordered Twitter, on pain of a fine of 6% of its turnover, to control its content more and to respect the DSA (Digital Services Act) on the regulation of major platforms, which will apply in the coming months.
At the end of May, when Elon Musk took Twitter out of the EU’s code of practice on disinformation.
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