This was reported by Benzinga, Ukrinform reports.

Answering a question about the new EU legislation (Digital Services Law) on digital services on the French television channel, Musk said, “If the law is in force, Twitter is committed to complying with it.”

He had to repeat this phrase at least four times during the interview.

Musk also stressed the importance of carefully defining hate speech to avoid excessive censorship.

The law, which will come into effect on August 25, obliges media platforms to respond quickly to the emergence of questionable content.

Twitter is classified as an important media platform under the EU’s content control law, so it should take action against fake news from August 25.

Jean-Noel Barro, France’s minister of digital technology, reportedly said the Twitter platform could be banned in Europe if it doesn’t comply with the new European Digital Services Law, which will come into effect in the EU at the end of August.

Since Musk bought Twitter last October, the network has approved 83% more censorship requests from the governments of Turkey and India.

In May, EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton announced that Twitter was withdrawing from the European Union’s voluntary agreement to combat disinformation on the Internet.