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Self-proclaimed free speech absolutist Elon Musk raised eyebrows around the world this week after it was revealed he is purchasing social media platform Twitter for $US44 billion.
The announcement came on the heels of the European Union agreeing on a groundbreaking raft of new content rules that look to curb the worst abuses across social media. Companies that don’t adhere to the rules under the Digital Services Act could see themselves fined up to six percent of their global revenue.
Owen Bennett is a senior public policy manager at Mozilla Corporation, a not-for-profit tech company and maker of the Firefox web browser. He is an expert in policy and law surrounding European content regulation.
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