French President Emmanuel Macron took a gathering with Elon Musk during his tour of the French-founded Recent Orleans late Friday.
“In accordance with our ambition to decarbonize and reindustrialize France and Europe, I discussed today with @elonmusk on future green industrial projects, specifically on the manufacture of electrical vehicles and batteries,” Macron said in a tweet while sharing a photograph of himself and the brand new Twitter boss in a one-on-one conversation.
Musk replied that “It was an honor to see you again. Looking forward to exciting plans in France!”
In a follow-up statement, Macron also said he pressed Musk on content moderation on Twitter — something the free-speech-loving billionaire has loosened since he bought the social media platform on Oct. 27.
“Transparent terms of use, significant reinforcement of content moderation and protection of freedom of expression: Twitter must make an effort to comply with European regulations,” Macron said
The French leader said Musk assured him Twitter would proceed to take part in the Christchurch Call, a set of governments, online service providers, and civil society groups which combat terrorist and violent extremist content online.
“We’ll work with Twitter to enhance the protection of youngsters online. Elon Musk confirmed it to me today. Let’s higher protect our kids online,” Macron said.
