Twitter CEO and entrepreneur Elon Musk called for NewsGuard—a for-profit entity dedicated to countering what it calls misinformation—to be “disbanded.”
His statements came after Mike Benz, Executive Director of Foundation for Freedom Online, pointed out that NewsGuard partnered with the European Union to develop its new disinformation codes and helps the body combat mis- and disinformation in a post to Musk’s X, formerly Twitter. The recently amended EU guidelines can fine companies up to 6% of global annual revenue or even ban them in EU countries.
NewsGuard has partnered with the U.S. State Department, the Defense Department, and the World Health Organization to combat what it claims is COVID-19 misinformation.