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Twitter disbanded Brussels office.


Twitter has disbanded its entire Brussels office, sparking concerns among EU officials about whether the social media platform will abide by the bloc's new rules on policing online content.

Julia Mozer and Dario La Nasa, who were in charge of Twitter's digital policy in Europe, left the company last week, according to five people with knowledge of the departures.

The executives had led the group's effort to comply with the EU disinformation code and the bloc's Digital Services Act, which came into force last week and sets new rules on how Big Tech should keep users safe online.

It is still being determined whether the pair resigned or were made redundant.

Mozer and La Nasa declined to comment. Twitter did not respond to requests for comment.

The Brussels exits are symptomatic of a trend from India to France, where local Twitter executives who had positions to deal with state officials abruptly left the group in the cuts. "I am concerned about the news of firing such a vast amount of staff of Twitter in Europe," Věra Jourová, the EU's vice president in charge of the disinformation code, said. "If you want to effectively detect and take action against disinformation and propaganda, this requires resources.

"Especially in the context of Russian disinformation warfare, I expect Twitter to fully respect the EU law and honour its commitments. Twitter has been a very useful partner in the fight against disinformation and illegal hate speech, and this must not change."

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  1. Sandra26 November 2022 at 09:16

    It remains to be seen what will happen over at Twitter. Too many people are leaving way too fast. It's going to take a few months to see the direction the platform takes. From the look of it, big changes are coming.

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