Twitter’s new CEO reached out to the European Union last week to assure local lawmakers that the platform will comply with an incoming flagship reboot of the bloc’s rules on digital governance around illegal content.
A move that will, self-evidently, demand a beefed-up legal, trust, and safety function inside Twitter if Musk is to actually deliver compliance with the EU’s Digital Services Act at a time when Musk is sharpening the knives to cut headcount.
The comprehensive EU framework for regulating information society services and intermediary services across the bloc spans 93 articles and 156 recitals and is due to start applying as soon as next year for larger platforms.