Yesterday, after a couple of quite turbulent weeks, the purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk was confirmed. Surprising result, both in importance and speed. And this is because if we emphasized in the early afternoon that the board of directors had agreed to the economic conditions of the offer, but until further conditions were specified, a few hours later the confirmation of the operation became official. After more than two weeks of friction between the two sides, in less than 24 hours the stars leveled off, all problems were solved and the champagne was unwrapped.

Although it will take months for the operation to be approved by all parties, from shareholders to regulators, before the purchase is completed, the main issue now is that our MuyComputerPRO colleagues have raised this morning, what happens to Twitter after the operation is completedTwitter ceases to be introduced, the current board leaves the company, and Elon Musk becomes the only legitimate voice that defines the next steps for the social network.

While awaiting these measures, there are those who are already interested in doing so. One of the most commented aspects of the last few hours, for example, was what would happen if Elon Musk made the decision to withdraw Donald Trump’s permanent veto, a question to which the former US president had already answered, saying he was not considering returning to Twitter, even if he could. that prefers its own social network, Truth Social. Of course he says that, but in principle he will have to see if that will happen in the end.

The European Union is already following the possible changes in Twitter’s direction, to the extent that the first reminder has already taken place, no doubt the friendly but firm that Europe expects from the leadership of Elon Musk at the helm of Twitter. And as we can read in Ars Technica, EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton in the Financial Times recalled that Twitter must adapt to the new legal framework of the European Union for those technological or otherwise will be subject to heavy fines and even a ban on operating on the old continent.

“We all welcome. We are open, but under our conditions. At least we know what to tell him: “Elon, there are rules. You’re welcome, but these are our rules. Your rules won’t apply here ““. Kind, as I said, but firm, in a show of strength, which, when he knows Elon Musk, it can turn out very well or it can go wrong. And let’s not forget that the new owner of Twitter has clashed with regulators in the past.

And what are Breton’s claims due to? In his campaign for freedom of speech on Twitter and for his benefit Musk said he planned to reduce the content control policysomething that could be in breach of EU rules that require services such as Twitter to pay more attention to content that is posted on their platforms in order to track potentially harmful content.

As I said before, we will have to wait for Elon Musek’s plans regarding Twitter and because it fits into different legal frameworks, it makes sense to start labeling limits for stakeholders. And it is so that if Elon Musk has already said in broad strokes what he intends to do with Twitter, it is a good time for regulators to make sure their conditions are clear so that they can avoid problems later.