French President Emmanuel Macron met with billionaire Elon Musk to wrap up his visit to the United States this week.
Macron spent an hour speaking with Musk, the current CEO and owner of Twitter, and the pair discussed a range of topics, from green energy goals to concerns about content moderation on social media.
“In line with our ambition to decarbonize and reindustrialize France and Europe, I discussed today with @elonmusk about future green industrial projects, in particular about the manufacturing of electric vehicles and batteries,” Macron wrote on Twitter about the “clear and honest” talks. .
“Transparent user policies, significant reinforcement of content moderation and protection of freedom of expression: Twitter must make efforts to comply with European regulations,” Macron also wrote after the meeting.
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French President Emmanuel Macron and Elon Musk meet in New Orleans in this undated photo obtained from social media and released on December 2, 2022.
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The couple met in New Orleans, marking the first French presidential visit to the city since 1976 and only the third since Charles de Gaulle’s famous visit in 1960. Macron has already met with President Biden and lawmakers, including Kevin McCarthy, Thursday.
“This state visit allows us to put France, and with France Europe, at the center of the American agenda. That’s a good thing,” Macron told reporters in French, according to a translation by the group’s reporters.
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The focus on social media regulations has become sharper following Musk’s purchase of the social media platform. The weeks following his inauguration proved tumultuous, leading to Musk’s suspension of Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, and the release of internal communications about the Hunter Biden laptop report.
French President Emmanuel Macron pictured with controversial New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell in the French Quarter during a diplomatic tour in December 2022.
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Earlier this week, Thierry Breton, the EU’s digital policy commissioner, told Musk that Twitter will have to significantly boost efforts to comply with new rules known as the Digital Services Act that will come into force next year or you will face hefty fines or even a ban on the mainland.
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Macron highlighted Twitter’s policy changes as a “big problem” during an interview on “Good Morning America”, saying he will push for “more regulation”.
Elon Musk arrives at the Baron Investment Conference at the Metropolitan Opera House on November 4, 2022 in New York. Employees brace for widespread layoffs on Twitter as Musk checks out the social platform.
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“Freedom of expression and democracy are based on respect and public order. You can demonstrate, you can have freedom of expression, you can write whatever you want, but there are responsibilities and limits,” she said.
Musk made at least one promise to Macron, assuring the French leader that Twitter will continue to participate in the Christchurch Call to Action Summit, which aims to remove terrorist and violent extremist content online.
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“Elon Musk confirmed Twitter’s involvement in the Christchurch Call. There is no place for terrorist and violent extremist content anywhere,” Macron tweeted.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
