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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 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 [https://www.biggerpockets.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&term=politician%20sensationally 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 [https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Thierry Thierry] 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 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 [https://www.savethestudent.org/?s=social%20media social media] [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?sel=site&searchPhrase=company company] after he bought it last year. <br>He has rolled back previous anti-misinformation rules, and has thrown its verification system and [https://www.express.co.uk/search?s=content-moderation%20policies content-moderation policies] into chaos as he pursues his goal of turning Twitter into a digital town square.<br>Launched in 2018, Google, TikTok, Microsoft and Facebook and [https://www.paramuspost.com/search.php?query=Instagram%20parent&type=all&mode=search&results=25 Instagram parent] Meta are among nearly three dozen who have signed up to the EU code, which requires companies to measure their work on combating disinformation and [https://ratwlc.sc4all.com.ua/ palsu] issue regular reports on their progress.<br>It also covers smaller platforms, as well as advertisers and fact-checkers and non-governmental organisations.<br>[https://www.bing.com/search?q=Companies&form=MSNNWS&mkt=en-us&pq=Companies 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 [https://www.foxnews.com/search-results/search?q=pledges 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 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 appears to be the latest move by [https://lerablog.org/?s=billionaire%20owner billionaire owner] Elon Musk to loosen the reins on the social media [https://openclipart.org/search/?query=company company] after he bought it last year <br>Breton said that under the new digital rules that incorporate the code of practice, 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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