I’m rather 🤷♂️ about going after Twitter using the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA).
Sure, the framework is there, but Musk is tearing through Twitter at such a rate that what is going to be left by the time action can be taken?
Same re. the initiative to invite Musk to the European Parliament - there’ll be plenty of grandstanding but it’s not going to save the network.
It all feels like… closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Sure I get why - even now - being seen to do and say the right thing is politically appealing.
I also get why some politicians would like a bit of theatre by grilling Musk in the European Parliament.
But the damage is done. It can’t be repaired. We need better systems and networks moving forward - prevention rather than cures.
Or putting it another way: the rhetoric of EU politicians is somehow to save Twitter as a network. To right the wrongs.
Perhaps the alternative is preferable? Grind it into insolvency as fast as possible - as a warning to others as to what happens if you mess with the EU on digital policy in future.
It’s one hell of a big sacrificial lamb though…
Jon Worth
Josh Sherer