Germany’s digital minister advised Twitter boss Elon Musk that the nation expects the social media platform to deal with preventing towards disinformation, the digital ministry mentioned, as per information company Reuters. Germany’s digital and transport minister Volker Wissing met Elon Musk and advised him that the nation needs Twitter to voluntarily adjust to commitments to combat disinformation, a spokesperson for the ministry mentioned.

Volker Wissing additionally advised Elon Musk that he expects Twitter to stick in future to the Digital Services Act- which has been agreed by European Union’s 27 member. The act requires on-line platforms to do extra to police the web for unlawful content material.

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“There was a very open and long talk,” the spokesperson mentioned, including that the German authorities will proceed to critically observe the state of affairs at Twitter.

Earlier, a senior German official had advised the European Commission that Twitter must be regulated underneath new EU guidelines on digital markets as the corporate posed a risk to free speech underneath Elon Musk. Sven Giegold, the state secretary accountable for competitors coverage at Germany’s financial system ministry mentioned final month that Twitter must be seen as a “gatekeeper” due to its affect on public opinion.

Sven Giegold cited his considerations about “Twitter’s platform rules and their abrupt changes and arbitrary application”, saying, “The EU should use all the possibilities at its disposal to protect competition and freedom of speech on digital platforms.”

The official additionally mentioned that banning journalists’ accounts and proscribing hyperlinks to rivals “threaten not only free competition but also pose a risk for democracy as well as freedom of speech, information and the press.”