Twitter's Future in Europe Is in Jeopardy

The European Union has issued a stern warning to Twitter owner Elon Musk, the Financial Times reports.

Elon Musk's approach to Twitter does not please the European Union. 

The EU has made this known to the billionaire during a Zoom meeting between the European commissioner for the internal market, Thierry Breton, and Musk on Nov. 30, reports the Financial Times.

Breton warned Musk about Twitter being banned in the European Union if the platform fails to follow the bloc's content-management rules, the newspaper says.

Breton told Musk he must adhere to a checklist of rules, including ditching an "arbitrary" approach to reinstating banned users, "aggressively” pursuing disinformation, and agreeing to an "extensive independent audit” of the platform by next year.

Musk responded that he thought that the European rules were "very sensible,” the FT reports.

Breton's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

'Tackle Disinformation'

Breton posted a clip of the reunion on Twitter. It seems to confirm the information from the FT.

I welcome @elonmusk's intent to get Twitter 2.0 ready for the #DSA