Ooops!

Exactly. Twitter should be easy to use, but no more relentless free advertising of competitors. No traditional publisher allows this and neither will Twitter.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022

You probably should have consulted legal counsel before calling Twitter a publisher.

Any attempt to remove my tweets that link to my other social media accounts, not violating any law, would actually make #twitter an editorial media, and no longer a social media platform, with civil and criminal liability for *any* illegal content therein. https://t.co/kwoFHVue43

— Éric Freyssinet (@ericfreyss) December 18, 2022

For a legal reference supporting this, in the US context, you may read how and under what conditions social platforms are protected under Section 230 of the Communications decency act https://t.co/4m4WoF0yNt

— Éric Freyssinet (@ericfreyss) December 18, 2022

The author of these tweets is the deputy director of France's Cyberspace Gendarmerie Command. And “editorial media” under EU law seems to be the same thing as “publisher” under American law:

I’ve been discussing this offline with @AriCohn and I think the most important problem with Musk’s tweet (and his underling policy move) is that it raises antitrust and unfair competition concerns by targeting potential rivals that may not be protected by Section 230.

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) December 19, 2022

So Elon is just stupid.

“Casually sharing occasional links is fine”

HAHA WHAT pic.twitter.com/ba8GhskE7e

— Best of Dying Twiter (@bestofdyingtwit) December 18, 2022

QED.

elons mommy on here defending him is a really special treat you don't get on other websites https://t.co/0HqGHLvZe5

— cait (@punished_cait) December 18, 2022

Does the whole family hate the thought of seeking legal counsel?

Musk responds: Precisely. https://t.co/noC1FwtHm8

— Schooley (@Rschooley) December 19, 2022

Now which is harder to understand: the new policy, or its rescission? Elmo probably needs to explain this to his Mommy.

If only there was some sort of seasonally appropriate story about the ills of one man having too much money and being awful to everyone.

— Geraldine @everywhereist@mastodon.social (@everywhereist) December 18, 2022