twitter has pulled out of the european union s voluntary code to fight disinformation, the eu has said. the eu s internal market commissioner, thierry breton, announced the news on the platform. breton tweeted: obligations remain. you can run, but you can t hide . he added that fighting disinformation will remain a legal obligation under the digital services act, a law which obliges firms to do more to tackle illegal online content. dozens of tech firms are signed up to the eu s disinformation code, including meta, tiktok, google, microsoft and twitch. the code was launched last year, to prevent profiteering from disinformation and fake news. it also seeks to increase transparency and reduce the spread of bots and fake accounts. under the ownership of elon musk, moderation at twitter has reportedly been greatly reduced. and just last month, the bbc found hundreds of russian and chinese state propaganda accounts were highly active on twitter.
yet on the table, no deal announced, that was republican negotiator patrick mchenry and capitol hill earlier today. twitter has pulled out of the european union s voluntary code to fight disinformation, the eu has said. the eu s internal market commissioner, thierry breton, announced the news on the platform. breton tweeted: obligations remain. you can run, but you can t hide . he added that fighting disinformation will remain a legal obligation under the digital services act, a law which obliges firms to do more to tackle illegal online content. dozens of tech firms are signed up to the eu s disinformation code, including meta, tiktok, google, microsoft and twitch. the code was launched last year to prevent profiteering from disinformation and fake news. it also seeks to increase transparency and curb the spread of bots and fake accounts. under musk s ownership, moderation at twitter has reportedly been greatly reduced, and just last month, the bbc found hundreds of russian and chine
would take risk in the 2k3wground offe offensive. the russian state propaganda, we see what he has to say. it s not new. what i thought was interesting was the level of frustration. they don t take us seriously, so we need to do this. ed me he mentioned escalating military aid. should this be dismissed because it has been bluster? do you think that s a mistake? i think it s a mistake. the russians believe the united states lost its fear of nuclear war. part of the reason for to do this is to restore that fear of nuclear weapons. the real danger would be if we put the russians in a position where they have to choose
valuable. kaitlan, they re even quoted a couple russians to try to convince them to get in touch with the cia. [speaking non-english] reporter: requests being asked in russian in a new dramatic video by the cia, just released to try to recruit more russian spies by appealing to russian s patriotism, frustrations and the oppression they face under the putin regime. cia officials told cnn in an exclusive interview that the war in ukraine has created an unprecedented opportunity that they want to capitalize on to recruit new russian assets. disaffection with the war will continue to gnaw away at the russian leadership. beneath the steady diet of state propaganda and practiced repression. reporter: in the past year of the war, the cia has been encouraging russians with valuable information to contact them quietly, securely and
will continue to gnaw away at the russian leadership. beneath the steady die of state propaganda and practiced repression. in the past year of the war the cia has been encouraging russian valuable information to contact them quietly, securely, and anonymously through a portal on the dark web. we are looking around the world for russians who are as disgusted with putin as we are, because we are open for business. instructions have been posted on the cia s social media accounts. this new video, after making an emotional pitch to russian viewers, details how to do that. using a web browser called t o r. you are not powerless, contact us in a safe way. the cia video was posted on telegram, a social media app that was highly popular among russians who can t easily access unfiltered news or other social media sites. i call it hanging out this shingle. spreading the word far and wide that u.s. counterintelligence is open for business and we have deep pockets. if you want to strike bac