"EU: Twitter faces fines or shutdown if it does not comply with law", 3. December 2022

Twitter can be subjected to fines and other measures if it does not comply with EU law, EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton has said.

"It is absolutely clear that if Twitter does not comply with these rules, we can impose fines. And if the breaches of the rules continue, we can shut down the platform in Europe," Breton told the newspapers of Germany's Funke Media Group and the French newspaper Ouest-France.

"We are following very closely what is happening on Twitter since the takeover by Elon Musk," Breton stressed, announcing that there would be another meeting between him and Musk before Christmas.

The laws on digital markets and digital services "provide powerful tools to curb the spread of lies and hate," Breton said. "Twitter must meet these criteria if it wants to continue operating in the European market."

Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron said that Twitter had committed to eliminating terrorist and extremist content online.

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