French president Macron asks ‘Will the bird protect our children?’; Twitter's new owner Musk replies
French President Emmanuel Macron
Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter Inc., was questioned by French President Emmanuel Macron as he encouraged nations and businesses to join the Children Online Protection Laboratory, a programme to protect children from dangerous internet content. In a series of tweets, Macron highlighted onthe need to remove harmful online content more quickly in order to safeguard children.
Announcing the launch of the laboratory, Macron tweeted, “To protect our children on the Internet, we need to better verify user age, better detect and stop sexual predators, and better identify and address bullying. We need to be more efficient in taking down content,” Macron said.
“France, Estonia, New Zealand, Amazon, Dailymotion, Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet, Snap, TikTok and Qwant have signed up. All those who are willing should join us!” he added.
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To this, Musk said, “Absolument”
The Children Online Protection Laboratory will explore, advocate for, create, and evaluate strategies targeted at enhancing children's safety in the digital world.
(With inputs from agencies)
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