The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has held a meeting with the owner of Twitter, Elon Musk, to whom he has conveyed that the platform must comply with European regulations on content moderation and protection of freedom of expression.
“I will say it here, on Twitter, because it’s about the blue bird. This afternoon I met with Elon Musk and we had a clear and frank discussion,” the French leader detailed in a message on the social network, listing a series of agreements.
“Transparent user policies, significant reinforcement of content moderation and protection of freedom of expression: Twitter must strive to comply with European regulations,” Macron stressed after his meeting with the billionaire.
In this regard, Musk has confirmed Twitter’s participation in the Christchurch Call to Action Summit, a political summit involving more than 120 governments, Internet service matrices and civil society organizations acting together to remove terrorist and violent extremist content from social networks.
Meanwhile, Musk has confirmed to Macron that Twitter will work with European entities to improve the protection of children on the Internet.
All in all, the French president and the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX have shared their intentions to decarbonize and reindustrialize France and Europe.
“With Elon Musk, I exchanged views on future green industrial projects, such as the manufacture of electric vehicles and batteries,” Macron detailed.
