France is asking Twitter to abide by the rules, or it will block its signal. Also, the French Minister of Digitalization requests from the European Union restrictions on the development of artificial intelligence.
Social networks are facing a series of restrictive measures in many countries around the world. Recently, it is France that threatens to close “Twitter”.
The Minister of Digitization and Telecommunications in France, Jean-Noel Barrot, stated that Twitter will be banned in his country if it evades the rules.
Barrot made a statement about the social network’s avoidance of non-binding rules of practice prepared by the European Union to combat disinformation.
“Twitter plays an important role in public debate, but we don’t risk that a social network like Twitter will allow supporters of disinformation to influence us by hijacking public discussion and our democracy,” Barrot said.
But Twitter, it seems, is only the first step of austerity measures in France.
Minister Barrot has informed that even for artificial intelligence programs such as ChatGPT, a framework must be defined that limits their use within the scope of legal regulations in Europe.
Commenting that such technologies should not be completely excluded by subjecting them to strict sanctions, Barrot said: “These AI models are subject to a furious race that we must not allow ourselves to be left behind.”
For this reason, the French ministry Barrot emphasizes that Europe should invest in artificial intelligence programs.
