AFP, Brussels

Twitter “chose confrontation” by exiting a voluntary EU disinformation code of practice that lays ground rules for an incoming European law on digital services, a European Union commissioner said yesterday. “We believe this is a mistake of Twitter. Twitter has chosen the hard way. They chose confrontation,” commissioner Vera Jourova said. She said Twitter’s compliance with the new Digital Services Act entering force on August 25 “will be scrutinised... vigorously and urgently”. The European Commission announced May 27 Twitter had decided to leave the code of practice, to which other major online platforms such as Google, Microsoft and TikTok continue to adhere.