Photo: AP Photo/Ringo HW ChiuTwitter announced that it was withdrawing its signature from the EU anti-disinformation code it had signed up to in June 2018. This was confirmed by Internal Trade Commissioner Thierry Breton, who told Musk that he can run, but not run from the law.
"Jakes". With that word, Elon Musk commented on a video-mix of fragments of speeches by well-known American TV journalists who warn of the danger of the free spread of misinformation on social networks. "It is extremely dangerous for our democracy", is the sentence that everyone literally says, which led the author of the montage to write that "this is exactly what mind control looks like".
Twitter is not the only social media they think of, but lately it has been mentioned the most in the context of the danger that could threaten from there, mostly because of the controversial behavior of its owner, the aforementioned Musk. When he took over the network, he said that he would make it a city square where everyone would be able to speak freely, he abolished many types of control of the accuracy of information, or rather, he replaced them with others, but according to experts, much looser. Last week he went a step further. Twitter announced it was withdrawing its signature from the EU anti-disinformation code it had joined in June 2018, while Musk was only an influential tweeter.
The code has been signed by all the biggest technology companies and it is not binding, that is, the signatories should honorably adhere to it. This means that they use all means to prevent the spread of fake news and other untruths that could harm society. However, in the EU, on August 25 of this year, the Regulation on digital services comes into force, which is binding for everyone who does business in the Union. It implies drastic punishments. This was confirmed by the Commissioner for Internal Trade, Thierry Breton, who told Musk that he can run away, but not run away from the law, that is, that he will have to comply with the regulations. With the fact that it will not be in full force before February 2024, which leaves Musk about half a year to figure out how to allow every story in his "square" without being kicked out of the EU.
And while the battle with the Union is (apparently) just beginning, Twitter has become very active in the US presidential race. Florida Republican and Governor Ron DeSantis announced his entry into the campaign on Twitter hosted by Musk himself. Twitter space (space) is quite a popular audio option among Serbian politicians, it allows a large number of users to listen to a conversation started by someone, but also to join in if the host allows them to do so. Space with Desantis caused huge interest, but also huge technical problems. The conversation was delayed because apparently too many people wanted to listen to it, and the servers couldn't respond to it. There were additional glitches throughout the duration. Desantis later boasted that his appearance on space brought him a significant amount of donations for the campaign, while his political competitors, mostly Trump followers, judged that the performance was a complete failure, full of uncomfortable silence, the result of the aforementioned technical problems.
Apart from the novelty on Twitter itself, Elon Musk also brought a novelty in transparency, that is, he was not ashamed to say how he repeatedly succumbed to the pressure of local authorities to suppress Twitter. The most recent example was the elections in Turkey where he did it on behalf of Erdogan's party. Musk has a logical explanation. Twitter respects the laws of every country it operates in, so if that law doesn't allow some kind of comment, it will enforce it. And he adds that there is a limit, that is, that Twitter will not censor anyone who does not violate the law, regardless of the pressure from the authorities. At the same time, he also says that you can speak freely on Twitter, but that what is said will not necessarily be available everywhere ("freedom of speech not freedom of reach").
All of this points to major changes in the political influence of social media. The contents will be significantly controlled by the states, new formats will attract voters and a politically interested audience, everything will be able to be said, but it will no longer reach everyone. Almost like cable television.
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