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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Lisa O'Carroll

Twitter agrees to comply with tough EU disinformation laws

The EU’s Thierry Breton
The EU’s Thierry Breton welcomed the fact Twitter voluntarily agreed to the stress test. Photograph: Virginia Mayo/AP

Twitter has agreed to comply with tough new EU laws on fake news, Russian propaganda and online crime after a team of officials from the European Commission entered its headquarters to stress test its capacity to operate legally in Europe.

The move came just weeks after Elon Musk, Twitter’s owner, quit the bloc’s voluntary code of practice on disinformation.

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