Title: EU Politicians Disappointed with Twitter’s Exit from Disinformation Code Several EU politicians voiced their disappointment after Twitter decided to withdraw from the EU’s code of practice against disinformation. The move was criticized as it could weaken the fight against the spread of harmful online content.

Twitter’s decision to withdraw from the EU’s voluntary disinformation Code of Practice has received criticism from EU politicians and officials. The industry chief of the EU, Thierry Breton, says that Twitter will have to follow EU rules soon enough, as the Digital Services Act (DSA) will make fighting disinformation a legal obligation from 25 August. France’s Digital Minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, has also joined in with the displeasure towards Twitter’s withdrawal from the code of conduct. He has stated that failure to follow the new obligatory rules laid down by the DSA will result in the company being removed from the European Union. Companies that are voluntary signatories of the code of conduct must measure their work on combating disinformation and issue regular reports on their progress. Google, TikTok, Microsoft, and Meta are among the voluntary signatories. Elon Musk’s Twitter has become more compliant with government authority requests since his takeover, despite previously stating that social media should be regulated where negatively affecting the public good.
Twitter, which was also a voluntary signatory, has not given an official statement concerning its departure.