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EU criticizes Twitter’s disinformation reporting, ahead of new censorship law

The EU continues to pressure Twitter.

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has angered EU officials after it failed to submit complete reports on disinformation efforts as part of its commitment to the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation.

“I am disappointed to see that Twitter's report lags behind others and I expect a more serious commitment to their obligations,” wrote Vera Jourova, the Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency.

The European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton, who has contacted Twitter owner at least twice about the Code of Practice, said “it comes as no surprise that the degree of quality vary greatly according to the resources companies have allocated to this project,” but did not mention Twitter directly.

Twitter signed the code before Musk took over late last year, and committed to sending biannual reports.

“In some areas, Twitter is unable to provide granular data due to resource constraints and data limitations,” the company said in its report. “In other areas, there are issues that are not applicable to Twitter's service.”

The code is voluntary. However, non-compliance could put Twitter in a bad position with the EU ahead of the September 1 deadline for full compliance with the EU's new censorship law, the .

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