“Twitter needs to become by far the most accurate source of information about the world,” Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted(opens in a new tab) last November, shortly after acquiring the company. “That’s our mission.”
Earlier this month, Musk reiterated(opens in a new tab) that Twitter is “hell bent on being the least untrue source of information.”
However, according to European Commissioner Thierry Breton, Twitter just removed itself from the European Union’s voluntary Code of Practice against disinformation, a pact that other social media platforms have already agreed to.