Cutting Edge, Blunted

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Cutting Edge, Blunted

EUROPEAN UNION

American serial entrepreneur Elon Musk’s proposed purchase of social network Twitter has garnered a lot of headlines lately. But Musk’s plan could hit serious roadblocks if he expects Twitter to operate in the European Union, among the world's three largest markets.

As the Associated Press recently reported, proposed new EU rules that aim to prevent disinformation, hate speech and other online issues would presumably complicate any American-style, free-market-like “hands-off” approach to regulating expression on the platform.

Musk, who has spoken to EU officials about the proposed new rules and his potential Twitter purchase, doesn’t think the new law will present any problems, Reuters wrote. There’s little doubt that they could create challenges for tech companies in general, though.