EUSSR is ‘Disappointed’ by Lack of Twitter Censorship

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“I would compare the situation with driving on the highway,” she said. “You drive on the highway and overstepping that speed (limit), you get a penalty — and one day you might be deprived of your driving licence.”

Speaking to the AFP, Jourová said that EU officials were already “disappointed” that the platform had not yet taken to axing content the EU does not like, arguing that such a failure to censor certain points of view now amounted to allowing “disinformation” on the website.

“Twitter is falling short of its commitments to the anti-disinformation code,” she claimed, referencing rules that are soon to become mandatory for large tech companies throughout the European Union.

She went on to insist that the EU was still in favour of free speech, but only when such speech does not go too far in offending the sensibilities of the bloc’s officials.

“…I would really do wish to explain to Mr. Musk our philosophy that we are protectors of freedom of speech, protectors of freedom of expression,” the vice president argued. “But freedom of speech in the EU is not unlimited.”

She went on to say that the Commission now wanted internet giants to “intensify their work against Russian propaganda”, a process in the EU that has so far involved implementing a bloc-wide firewall against a number of Russian news outlets, meaning that anyone within the union’s borders now needs a VPN to access outlets such as RT and Sputnik News.

Despite Musk repeatedly claiming that he is pro-freedom of speech, he has so far abided by EU demands to curb the public’s access to certain content, with even the Twitter accounts for certain news outlets being rendered unviewable for those living in countries under the control of Brussels.

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