BRUSSELS: Twitter is likely to pull out from a voluntary EU code of practice to tackle disinformation, but the move does not mean it will quit Europe, an EU official said on Thursday.
The European Commission beefed up the code last year, requiring companies to submit regular progress reports with data on how much advertising revenue they had averted from disinformation actors.
New obligations include providing information on the number or value of political advertisements accepted or rejected and instances of manipulative behaviors detected.
Twitter has given signs that it will leave the code, the EU official said, adding that it does not make a big difference as the company has not been putting in a lot of effort recently.
“It just means that they won’t attend meetings and not issue reports. They would still have legal obligations,” the official said, referring to landmark tech rules adopted recently to which the code of practice is linked.
“They are not pulling out of Europe,” the official said.
Twitter did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
Violations of the tech rules can cost companies fines as much as 6 percent of their global turnover.
Companies signed up to the code include Alphabet’s Google, Meta Platforms, Microsoft and TikTok.
Twitter likely to quit EU code against disinformation, EU official says
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Twitter likely to quit EU code against disinformation, EU official says
- Code sets a range of self-regulatory commitments, measures to counter online disinformation
- Company will not quit Europe, official said
French league to debut live AI-translated audio for PSG vs. Marseille
- Italian-language audio available for Kuwait game
- Pact between French league, tech firm CAMB.AI
DUBAI: In a landmark move for international football broadcasting, France’s Ligue 1 will become the first major European competition to feature live artificial intelligence-translated commentary during a championship match.
The innovation will be used for the game between the Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille for the Trophee des Champions title in Kuwait City on Thursday.
Streaming via Ligue 1+, the French competition’s platform, the match is at 9 p.m. local time at the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium. It will be accessible to Italian viewers with AI-generated audio dubbed live from French.
The project is an outcome of a partnership between LFP Media, the commercial arm of France’s Ligue de Football Professionnel and CAMB.AI, a leading content-localization company.
By leveraging CAMB.AI’s cutting-edge AI translation, voice emulation, and dubbing technologies, the French league will deliver football’s first real-time, AI-generated commentary.
In a statement, the league said the partnership aims to make French football accessible to fans around the world.
The technology is “effectively removing the language barrier for their growing Italian fanbase,” said CAMB.AI in a statement. “It’s a massive step in making global sports accessible.”
The initiative is a part of LFP Media’s strategic push to build international audiences, especially following the September 2025 launch of Ligue 1+ in Italy.
The match will be streaming on: https://plus.ligue1.com/home.
