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Musk is told his platform, now known as X, must comply with new laws designed to combat fake news and Russian propaganda

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[–] [email protected] 162 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Oh ffs, stop warning him, he already knows and still does not comply. He does not care. Just throw the hammer at him, this he will understand.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Don't worry, EU strikes very slowly, but hard.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago

Can we not do this? It's so pathetic.

Just like how the US supposedly, "grinds slow but grinds fine". No. A literal traitor having YEARS of freedom is NOT justice of any sort. Warning a rich piece of shit that they're violating laws for the 1100th time IS NOT justice.

Stop pretending laws are applied remotely evenly or remotely expeditiously on the rich. It's blatantly and obviously not true.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

It's more of a calendar thing I'm afraid.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"You haff ignored the requisite 10 varnings. You only haff three more varnings before ve vill be forced to fine you €6B"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

*6M

It's usually a small amount in the millions

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not necessarily in Europe, Google got multiples fines above a billion for example.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m just happy to see the EU take these important first steps towards actually punishing him and others like him. They’re the only governmental organization around the world that’s actually doing something thoughtful.

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In before Musk calls EU a pedophile.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, he likes to defend pedophiles!

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago (4 children)

He knows, it's why he bought twitter.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (26 children)

🤞 Please let him be imprisoned by some obscure German anti Nazi law please🤞

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

If they’re gonna do that they need to start with the AfD

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Twitter actually got sued in Germany for failure to moderate hate speech already, that could cost him 33 billion euros!

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really hope Elon given the ultimatum would go for the nuclear option and shut down Twitter in Europe.

It wouldn't even be out of character, I can imagine him vomiting some "free speech" nonsense on his way out.

The company stock price would halve, but at the speed it is already going down it wouldn't even register.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The company stock price would halve.

Elon took it private, it doesn't have a stock price anymore. But it does have a valuation, which is basically it's appraisal value, and that's already significantly lower than what he paid for it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It was valued at roughtly a third but that was before the rebrand, now it's probably quite a bit lower!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Don’t warn. Act. Fine him. It won’t hurt him much, but would generate additional funds for European needs. Actively create Fediverse accounts that interact with the public. And so on…

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Why does anyone even still use it? I never saw the appeal even before the takeover, now it baffles me. It's such a horrible interface

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Maybe they should stop making small fines of $ millions and start applying $$$ billions in fines.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

nothing like a stern warning to swiftly correct a billionaire megalomaniac destructive antics in my experience.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

X, now rated #1 in disinformation!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

That's it Mr. Musk, sir. You're officially on notice. (I hope that's ok, sir?)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've been following Scott Adams (The Dilbert guy. No, not Jim Davis. The Dilbert guy!) and this is obviously misinformation and a hoax. The only accurate news comes from X. If you still get your news from the leftist media, you're being brainwashed.

(obviously sarcasm. Downvote me for following Adams, not for misunderstanding my sarcasm.)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Scott Adams? You mean the guy who writes books about obvious self-insert characters who are so much smarter than everyone else because they are influencers?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I was so Happy (capital intended) when he was featured on Behind the Bastards. I didn't think he was interesting enough to merit even one episode, but now the host is reading Scott's books, and they are complete dogshit.

Scott's rationalwiki entry is a joy to read.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Elon Musk: "this is a feature, not a bug"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Ban, or ban not. There is no warn.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Late stage enshitification

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