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Twitter will respect European misinformation law, Musk tells French TV

Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, at the Viva Technology in Paris, 16 June 2023. © Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Twitter will respect an upcoming European law intended to crack down on misinformation and hate speech, billionaire owner Elon Musk said in an interview broadcast on French public television Monday evening.

"Twitter will follow the law. If a law is enacted, Twitter commits to comply with it," Musk said in response to a question about the European Union’s new content moderation rules, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), which are due to come into effect on 25 August.

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