Banning of Donald Trump, suspension of 70,000 accounts affiliated with the pro-Trump movement QAnon ... Twitter continues the restrictions.
Following these initiatives, Cédric O pleaded for a "
supervision of public authorities
" of social networks this morning at the microphone of SudRadio.
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The Secretary of State for Digital ensures that "
since there are several billion citizens on a social network, it would be a question of considering it as little more than a communication tool that one chooses or not
".
According to Cédric O, Twitter can be considered as a public space, to which an adapted “
rule of law
”
must therefore adapt
, and not only the general conditions of use of the social network.
In addition to Twitter, the Secretary of State includes the major social networks, whose lack of regulation "
poses a problem because they structure the democratic debate
": "
they have acquired an unreasonable size and imprint on our lives
," he says. he.
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This definition of public space is nevertheless opposed to the American vision, as Cédric O reminds us: “
in the United States it's different.
They consider that on Twitter, you are with a private company
”, which limits the room for maneuver of public authorities in terms of regulation.
The European Union is trying to speed up the regulation of social networks, and in particular through the Digital Services Act, which “
postulates that for the largest social networks, they must respect a certain number of rules under the supervision of the public authorities.
», Explains Cédric O.