2022年11月25日

2019年10月10日，埃隆·马斯克在SpaceX总部。在布鲁塞尔办公室最近被关闭后，人们对Twitter遵守欧盟法律的能力也提出了担忧。埃隆·马斯克计划从下周开始对推特上被暂停的账户实施“特赦”。在该平台进行投票后，马斯克表示，他将重新激活在他上任前被封号的用户的账户，“前提是他们没有违法或参与恶劣的垃圾邮件”。超过310万的投票结果显示，72.4%的人支持“大赦”。马斯克接着说:“人民已经说过了。大赦将于下周开始。”然后他使用了一个拉丁语术语，翻译过来就是“人民的声音就是上帝的声音”。超过一半(51.8 %)的人投了赞成票，48.2%的人投了反对票，共有1500多万张选票。特朗普是否有兴趣使用他的推特账户还有待观察，因为他投资了自己的平台Truth Social。他的推特账户仍有超过8700万粉丝。 Other prominent but controversial accounts, such as those of former kickboxer and internet personality Andrew Tate and US rapper Ye (formerly Kanye West), have also been reinstated. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, however, will not be allowed back because he Musk said he “has no mercy” for anyone who “would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame”. In the immediate aftermath of closing the Twitter deal last month, Musk tweeted that no content decisions or account reinstatements would take place before a content moderation council with “widely diverse viewpoints” convened. This was never done. Alejandra Caraballo, a clinical instructor at Harvard Law’s cyberlaw clinic, told The Washington Post that Musk’s planned action was “existentially dangerous” for marginalized communities. “It’s like opening the gates of hell in terms of the havoc it will cause,” Caraballo said. “People who engaged in direct targeted harassment can come back and engage in doxing, targeted harassment, vicious bullying, calls for violence, celebration of violence. I can’t even begin to state how dangerous this will be.” Brussels office closure Meanwhile, sources with knowledge of the matter have told the Financial Times that Elon Musk has closed Twitter’s Brussels, prompting online safety fears and drawing even more scrutiny from European regulators. Brussels staff were responsible for EU digital policy and worked closely with the Commission. The office’s closure might have implications for Twitter’s ability to comply with EU laws, such as those relating to the landmark Digital Services Act passed in July – which demands tech companies take control of content moderation. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has reportedly sought clarity from Twitter upon the closure of the Brussels office. EU commissioner for justice Didier Reynders, who is on a two-day visit to Ireland, where he met Twitter representatives based the in the company’s European HQ in Dublin. “What we have seen in the last few weeks is very concerning,” he told reporters on his trip, according to the Business Post . “In terms of decisions relating to the reduction of staff, we want to be sure there are resources to protect the data of users.” Reynders added that he has reminded Twitter of the need to continue to meet regulatory obligations. “We have received from shareholders of Twitter and the team in Dublin a clear commitment to work on it, but we now need to see concrete measures to be in full compliance.” 10 things you need to know direct to your inbox every weekday. Sign up for the Daily Brief , Silicon Republic’s digest of essential sci-tech news. Elon Musk at the SpaceX headquarters on 10 October, 2019. Image: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani via Flickr ( CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 )