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   Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2023 22:31:19 JST Mastodon Migration

   The EU has issued an urgent warning to Elon Musk, giving him 24 hours to respond.

   Guardian: EU warns Elon Musk over ‘disinformation’ on X about Hamas attack >>> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/10/eu-warns-elon-musk-over-disinformation-about-hamas-attack-on-x

   "Let me remind you that the Digital Services Act sets very precise obligations regarding content moderation..."

   "Failing to moderate content such as fake news could incur fine of 6% of X revenues or EU blackout under new laws"

   #Twitter #disinformation #moderation #FakeNews

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     FinchHaven (finchhaven@sfba.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2023 22:31:11 JST FinchHaven

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     @mastodonmigration

     No

     Elon Musk does not care

     Musk could watch Twitter burn to the ground, at which point he'd walk over and piss on the ashes

     He doesn't need Twitter except as a stage for his floor show

     The idea that he'll rush to comply with the EU is unrealistic

     "See ya in court!"

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     Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2023 22:31:12 JST Mastodon Migration

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     • FinchHaven

     @FinchHaven

     Not sure what you are saying. You think Elon Musk does not care if the impose strict fines and/or shut down Twitter in the EU? Seems like he will have to follow the law, or just ignore/fight it at his peril.

     ΤΕΤΡΑPERATOS repeated this.
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     FinchHaven (finchhaven@sfba.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2023 22:31:13 JST FinchHaven

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     @mastodonmigration

     I'll just repeat my earlier reply here:

     "You know, most people's comments are going to be predicated on the assumption that Musk gives one sh1t

     Musk does not give any sh1ts about any of this

     It's just more fodder for a shit-posting edgelord troll

     Which ia all Musk is"

     #EU #DSA #Musk #Twitter

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     Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2023 22:31:14 JST Mastodon Migration

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     • Sascha Pallenberg 🇹🇼 ♻️ ⚡

     So, now Elon Musk is responding to the EU's warning on Twitter:

     "Our policy is that everything is open source and transparent, an approach that I know the EU supports.

     Please list the violations you allude to on X, so that that the public can see them.

     Merci beaucoup."

     Thanks to Sascha Pallenberg @pallenberg (https://mastodon.social/@pallenberg/111212571195385853) for the Twitter screenshots. Good discussion in this thead. As Sascha writes "This won't end well for Twitter."

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     Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2023 22:31:14 JST Mastodon Migration

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     Elon Musk response to EU Warning continued:

     "[The Great] Reset

     Let the public hear exactly what this disinformation consists of and decide for themselves. Many times, we have found the “official fact-checker” to be the very individual making false statements! For example, the chief fact-checker of The Washington Post... "

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     Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2023 22:31:15 JST Mastodon Migration

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     Elon Musk EU warning text continued...

     [paragraph continued] This appears to be manifestly false or misleading information.

     I therefore invite you to urgently ensure that your systems are effective, and report on the crisis measures taken to my team.

     Given the urgency, I also expect you to be in contact with the relevant law enforcement authorities and Europol, and ensure that you respond promptly to their requests.

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     Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2023 22:31:15 JST Mastodon Migration

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     Musk EU warning text cont...

     Moreover, on a number of other issues of DSA compliance that deserve immediate attention, my team will follow up shortly with a specific request.

     I urge you to ensure a prompt, accurate and complete response to this request within the next 24 hours. We will include your answer in our assessment file on your compliance with the DSA. I remind you that following the opening of a potential investigation and a finding of non-compliance, penalties can be imposed.

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     Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2023 22:31:16 JST Mastodon Migration

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     Elon Musk warning letter from EU text continued...

     Third, you need have in place proportionate and effective mitigation measures to tackle the risks to public security and civic discourse stemming from disinformation. Public media and civil society organisations widely report instances of fake and manipulated images and facts circulating on your platform in the EU, such as repurposed old images of unrelated armed conflicts or military footage that actually originated from video games...

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     Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2023 22:31:17 JST Mastodon Migration

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     Elon Musk warning letter from EU text continued...

     First, you need to be very transparent and clear on what content is permitted under your terms and consistently and diligently enforce your own policies. This is particularly relevant when it comes to violent and terrorist content that appears to circulate on your platform. Your latest changes in public interest policies that occurred over night left many European users uncertain.

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     Elon Musk warning letter from EU text continued...

     Second, when you receive notices of illegal content in the EU, you must be timely, diligent and objective in taking action and removing the relevant content when warranted. We have, from qualified sources, reports about potentially illegal content circulating on your service despite flags from relevant authorities.

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     Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2023 22:31:18 JST Mastodon Migration

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     Here is an image of today's warning letter to Elon Musk from the European Commission:

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     What follows is the text of today's warning letter to Elon Musk from the European Commission:

     EUROPEAN COMMISSION
     Thierry Breton
     Member of the Commission
     Brussels, 10 October 2023

     Dear Mr Musk,

     Following the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas against Isracl, we have indications that your platform is being used to disseminate illegal content and disinformation in the EU. Let me remind you that the Digital Services Act sets very precise obligations regarding content moderation.

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