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Africa-Press – Cape verde. <\/strong><\/span>Germany appealed to the European Union on Thursday to consider regulating \u201cabrupt\u201d and \u201carbitrary\u201d decisions at Twitter since Elon Musk\u2019s takeover.<\/p>\n

Economy ministry state secretary Sven Giegold of the Green party wrote to the EU Commission citing his \u201cgreat concern\u201d about policy zig-zagging at the troubled social media platform.<\/p>\n

In the letter Giegold also posted on Twitter, he said the Commission should carry out the necessary reviews as soon as possible to declare Twitter a \u201cgatekeeper\u201d under the bloc\u2019s new Digital Markets Act.<\/p>\n

The designation subjects companies with a dominant market position to particular scrutiny.<\/p>\n

He also called for the complementary Digital Services Act, which comes into force in February 2024, to prevent \u201ccapricious deplatforming\u201d of users.<\/p>\n

The DSA was designed to combat online hate speech, disinformation and piracy in Europe at a time when much of the internet content seen by EU citizens is controlled by US-based companies.<\/p>\n

Giegold cited his concerns about \u201cTwitter\u2019s platform rules and their abrupt changes and arbitrary application\u201d in the letter to Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager and Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe EU should use all the possibilities at its disposal to protect competition and freedom of speech on digital platforms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The eight weeks that Musk has officially owned Twitter have been riven by chaos, with mass layoffs, the return of banned accounts and the suspension of journalists critical of the South African-born billionaire.<\/p>\n

Musk\u2019s takeover also saw a surge in racist or hateful tweets, drawing in scrutiny from regulators and chasing away big advertisers, Twitter\u2019s main source of revenue.<\/p>\n

The DSA was designed to combat online hate speech, disinformation and piracy in Europe at a time when much of the internet content seen by EU citizens is controlled by US-based companies.<\/p>\n

Giegold cited his concerns about \u201cTwitter\u2019s platform rules and their abrupt changes and arbitrary application\u201d in the letter to Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager and Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe EU should use all the possibilities at its disposal to protect competition and freedom of speech on digital platforms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The eight weeks that Musk has officially owned Twitter have been riven by chaos, with mass layoffs, the return of banned accounts and the suspension of journalists critical of the South African-born billionaire.<\/p>\n

Musk\u2019s takeover also saw a surge in racist or hateful tweets, drawing in scrutiny from regulators and chasing away big advertisers, Twitter\u2019s main source of revenue.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Cape verde. Germany appealed to the European Union on Thursday to consider regulating \u201cabrupt\u201d and \u201carbitrary\u201d decisions at Twitter since Elon Musk\u2019s takeover. Economy ministry state secretary Sven Giegold of the Green party wrote to the EU Commission citing his \u201cgreat concern\u201d about policy zig-zagging at the troubled social media platform. 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