Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover: the experts’ verdict on what lies ahead

David Kaye, Jillian York, Jeff Kosseff and Roger NcNamee discuss the choices at the billionaire's disposal

Here's a juxtaposition that many American observers may have missed in the hubbub over Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter: just last Friday the European Union provisionally agreed to the most far-reaching internet regulation in a generation. The Digital Services Act, or DSA, will force the largest online platforms to be transparent about their activities and assess and mitigate the harms their products may cause. And it's just the start. Governments around the world have their sights set on regulating big tech. It's a big enough issue for the billionaire owners of other platforms; imagine the pressures Musk will face when governments dangle benefits for Tesla or SpaceX in exchange for tougher content moderation against their critics.

David Kaye is a law professor at UC Irvine and author of Speech Police: The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet