An EU official warned early Friday that the EU could ban the accounts of journalists who report on Musk's company from being on the platform.
On December 1, 2020, there will be an event in Berlin.
Vra Jourov, the EU Commission's vice-president for values and transparency, said she was worried that Musk had banned journalists because of the platform rule.
She said that under the Digital Services Act, social media platforms must respect media freedom and fundamental rights.
It would make social media companies more accountable for the content they post.
She said that the Media Freedom Act was adopted by the EU.
There are "red lines" and "sanctions" that Musk should be aware of according to Jourov.
Penalties for violating the Digital Services Act could result in fines as much as 6% of a platform's global annual revenue, which could mean billions, and a ban across the European bloc.
Forbes asked for comment on the matter, but did not get a reply.
A lot can happen in six months, but it seems like the Digital Services Act is going to be the first major test case when it comes to enforcement.
” John Albert from AlgorithmWatch, a nonprofit research and advocacy group in Berlin, told the Associated Press.More than 30 million. The number of active users in Western Europe was reported by DataReportal. The U.S. had more active users than the U.K.
The EU's toughest new rules will apply to social media platforms with at least 45 million monthly users, and there's been speculation that it won't apply to Twitter. Musk said at the time of his purchase of the platform that the number of fake accounts on it had been under reported. The EU requires platforms to report their user numbers by the middle of February.
According to reports, the accounts of Mastodon and multiple high-profile technology journalists who cover Musk have been suspended by the social media company. The account run by a 20-year-old college student that tracked the flights taken by Musk's private plane was suspended by the social networking site. Musk accused the reporters of sharing "basically assassination coordinates" which he said was a violation of the terms of service.
The EU will face off over new rules.
The accounts of several high-profile journalists have been suspended.
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