Elon Musk’s Twitter is on a “collision course” with Brussels, as the social media platform faces new scrutiny under landmark EU laws to police Big Tech that come into force on Wednesday.
European regulators have grown particularly concerned following Musk’s chaotic rollout of the flagship premium subscription service Twitter Blue, according to three people with knowledge of their thinking, which saw its “blue tick” feature abused by impersonators on the platform.
Officials are also worried about the number of Twitter executives who have left who had a key role in dealing with regulators and the platform’s implementation of the EU’s new rules aimed at curbing the spread of illegal content online.