Why Elon Musk’s Twitter could clash with the EU – with Margrethe Vestager

from World Review from the New Statesman

After Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, could the social media platform find itself in conflict with the European Union over employment and privacy rules? Margrethe Vestager, an executive vice-president of the European Commission and commissioner for competition, speaks to the New Statesman’s Europe correspondent, Ido Vock, about Twitter. They also discuss concerns over a recent EU court ruling – that Luxembourg did not break state-aid rules in its support for the car manufacturer Fiat.read more:The chaos at Elon Musk’s Twitter is a parable of US power in the age of Big TechInside the Twittering machineThe power of the platform Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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After Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, could the social media platform find itself in conflict with the European Union over employment and privacy rules? Margrethe Vestager, an executive vice-president of the European Commission and commissioner for competition, speaks to the New Statesman’s Europe correspondent, Ido Vock, about Twitter. They also discuss concerns over a recent EU court ruling – that Luxembourg did not break state-aid rules in its support for the car manufacturer Fiat.read more:The chaos at Elon Musk’s Twitter is a parable of US power in the age of Big TechInside the Twittering machineThe power of the platform Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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