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has dropped out of a voluntary agreement to combat online disinformation, a top EU official said Friday.<br>European Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted that [https://www.deer-digest.com/?s=Twitter Twitter] had pulled out of the EU's disinformation 'code of practice' that other major social media platforms have pledged to support. <br>But he added that Twitter's 'obligation' remained, referring to the EU's tough new digital rules taking effect in August.<br>The French politician sensationally added: 'You can run but you can't hide.'<br>San Francisco-based Twitter responded with an automated reply of a 'poop' emoji, as it does to most press inquiries, and did not comment.<br> European Commissioner Thierry [https://www.purevolume.com/?s=Breton%20tweeted Breton tweeted] that Twitter had pulled out of the EU's disinformation 'code of practice' that other major social media platforms have pledged to support<br> But he added that Twitter's 'obligation' remained, referring to the EU's tough new digital rules taking effect in August<br>The [https://www.thefreedictionary.com/decision decision] to abandon the commitment to fighting false information appears to be the latest move by billionaire owner Elon Musk to loosen the reins on the social media [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=company company] after he bought it last year. <br>He has rolled back previous anti-misinformation rules, and has thrown its verification system and content-moderation policies into chaos as he [https://dict.leo.org/?search=pursues pursues] his goal of turning [https://www.express.co.uk/search?s=Twitter Twitter] into a digital town square.<br>Launched in 2018, Google, TikTok, Microsoft and Facebook and Instagram parent Meta are among nearly three dozen who have signed up to the EU code, which requires [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/search?source=nav-desktop&q=companies companies] to measure their work on combating disinformation and issue regular reports on their progress.<br>It also covers smaller platforms, as well as advertisers and fact-checkers and non-governmental organisations.<br>Companies face fines of as much as 6 per cent of their global turnover for violations. <br>The code was written by the industry players themselves and contains over three dozen pledges such as better cooperation with fact-checkers and not promoting actors distributing disinformation. <br>There were already signs Twitter wasn't prepared to live up to its commitments. <br>The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc's executive arm, blasted Twitter earlier this year for failing to provide a full first report under the code, saying it provided little [https://www.behance.net/search/projects/?sort=appreciations&time=week&search=specific specific] information and no targeted data.<br> The French politician (pictured) sensationally tweeted: 'You can run but you can't hide.'<br> The decision to abandon the commitment to fighting false information [https://en.search.wordpress.com/?q=appears appears] to be the latest move by billionaire owner Elon Musk to loosen the reins on the social media company after he bought it last year <br>Breton said that under the new digital rules that incorporate the code of practice, [https://itspku.ac.id/ penipu] fighting disinformation will become a 'legal obligation.'<br><div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-86a516f0-fce5-11ed-9618-a78853cecb33" website leaves EU's voluntarily disinformation 'code of practice' |
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