EU urges Twitter to comply with new Big Tech rules and tackle disinformation.

Europe's digital Commissioner Thierry Breton is in California to remind Meta and Twitter's top management that they need to comply with the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA), which starts applying in late August. The DSA will oblige major tech platforms to fight back against online hate speech, illegal content and disinformation. Over a dozen large tech companies including Twitter, Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, Google's YouTube and TikTok will have to respect new legal obligations to crack down on things like disinformation, cyberbullying and threats to public health and safety by the fall. The European Commission could start investigations into firms that aren't complying, with potential fines going as high as up to 6 percent of a company's global revenues.