this European Union (EU) threatened to ban twitter does not comply with European standards for content moderation hate Or disinformation on the Internet. French member of the European Commission responsible for the Internal Market Thierry Bretonwarned new owner social network, Elon Muskduring a video meeting they had this Wednesday, people familiar with the chat told the Financial Times.

The British source reported that Brussels demanded that the richest man on the planet abide by a list of rules; This includes abandoning the “arbitrary” approach in which it announced the reinstatement of thousands of users whose accounts were suspended for violating its policies. platforms such as the dissemination of hate messages or incorrect information.

Breton and other top European officials have also reportedly urged Musk to accept a “broad independent audit” of the platform next year, according to the FT.