Elon Musk’s takeover, Twitter claims to have deleted 6.5 million pieces of content

The number of content takedowns by Twitter in the first half of 2022 increased by 29% from the second half of 2021.Twitter said on Tuesday that it would require users to remove over 6.5 million pieces of content before billionaire Elon Musk took over the social media platform in the first half of 2022, a 29 percent increase from the second half of 2021.

Twitter revealed the number of content removals in a blog post on the same day the European Union announced that the social media platform would be one of 19 subject to new landmark rules requiring them to share data with authorities, do more to combat disinformation, and conduct external and independent auditing.

According to the website of the European Commission, breaking the rules could result in fines of up to 6% of global revenue or even a ban from doing business in the EU. These rules are among the strictest in the world for online platforms.

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Before Musk bought Twitter in October and laid off roughly 80% of its employees, Twitter used to publish twice-yearly reports on its Transparency Centre website, detailing information such as the number of accounts it suspended and the number of government requests for data it received.

Twitter’s update came in the form of a short blog post on Tuesday, and the company stated that it would provide an update on its “path forward for transparency reporting” later this year.

One of the requirements of the EU’s new internet rules is the publication of transparency reports.

The company reported that during the first half of 2022, it received 53,000 legal requests from governments to remove specific content, with Japan, South Korea, Turkey, and India submitting the most requests.

The quantity of requests that Twitter complied with was not made public.