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With Twitter in turmoil, regulators can’t get emails answered and don’t know what’s going on. How will they hold Musk to account?

Staff told they will have to work ‘long hours at high intensity.’

Stephen Turner is among the thousands of employees laid off by Elon Musk.

Accounts affiliated with authoritarian states want the tech billionaire to give them back their voice.

On Signal, users discuss making an exit for Mastodon, a Twitter-like platform created in 2016.

The platform is still beholden to the EU’s new content-moderation rulebook.

New Twitter owner agrees to meet Thierry Breton in coming weeks.

The Digital Services Act will require tech platforms to weed out illegal and harmful content — or face fines.

Lawmakers file complaints against 8 companies and trade groups over alleged shadow lobbying.

Broadcasters, sports and culture industries want the European Commission to present a law to crack down on pirated livestreams of sports and concerts.  

Growing popularity of flight tracking sites has billionaires worried.

The country’s eSafety Commissioner sent legal notices to firms including Apple and Meta to disclose more information on how they were combating this material.

European Data Protection Board and European Data Protection Supervisor air concerns over EU proposal. 

The EU’s delay on a rulebook for short-term rentals is exasperating cities and MEPs alike.

Brussels has imposed a ban on coordination with London until problems surrounding the Northern Ireland protocol are resolved.

Boris Johnson’s exit throws content regulation law into doubt.

A majority of political groups oppose changes France has made to the rulebook.

Berlin has criticized the EU’s plan to fight child sexual abuse material as a threat to privacy and fundamental rights.

In one corner of the EU, Putin’s propaganda machine is going strong.

If tech companies regularly fail to tackle terrorist content, they could face a fine of up to 4 percent of their global revenue. 

Digital regulator wants platforms to give researchers access to data for scrutiny.

POLITICO’s Tech 28 list of the people steering and shaping policy in Europe.