So "X" - nothing to see here. Elon's in control - Part XXX

"Like Brazil, the European Union also has an X problem"

• Experts agree that a Brazil-like shutdown in the EU is unlikely, although it has the legal right.
• The DSA would allow the bloc to demand a judge in Ireland, where X has its EU headquarters, order a temporary suspension until the infringements cease.
• Jan Penfrat, of the European Digital Rights advocacy group, said a ban was "a very last resort measure" and the social media network would "probably" not close shop in the EU.

The above was an agency article, that I saw on RTE site on Thursday, had a post drafted that I decide not to use. I pulled out my highlights of the piece above.

• Now German Green Party politician Anton Hofreiter is proposing to restrict the use of the online platform X in this country as well. He also says that more "virtual agents" are needed to take action against criminals. He justifies this with the fight against terror.

Found the below link in a google search which has since been removed.

Brazil’s X ban drives outraged Bolsonaro supporters to rally for ‘free speech’

• SAO PAULO (AP) — Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro began flooding Sao Paulo’s main boulevard for an Independence Day rally Saturday, buoyed by the government’s blocking of tech billionaire Elon Musk’s X platform, a ban they say is proof of their political persecution.
• A few thousand demonstrators, clad in the yellow-and-green colors of Brazil’s flag, poured onto Av. Paulista. References to the ban on X and images of Musk abounded.

^^^ PEOPLE ARE CHANTING “FORA XANDÃO” (MORAES OUT)

In contrast the official Brazil parade?

Sharing tweets not endorsing the accounts, I have no way to verify if the videos are authentic from today or reused footage. I did request community notes on both.

Edit: - IrishExaminer using news agency scripts to report on it: -

https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41471524.html

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/elon-musk-twitter-x-collective-leaving-rcna169608

And that account is active again, was following 1 account ( @sandy_carter ) that happened to be following it, so unfollowed.

Reported and blocked this account myself. It popped into my feed tonight.

Not sure whether sarcasm but I would hope not

Less moderated = declining debate. Look at 4chan.

Musk is attempting to do the same to Twitter.

You get a much better response if you use the "report illegal EU content" rather than the report user function

Anyone seen this?

True or fake?

Well stay away from those people then, I never saw the N word in my X feed and I'm not shying away from, let's say, robust opinions.

It's not good for anyone. Take any horrendous figure, e.g. Alex Jones, he uses the same "free speech" grift Musk does to spread his vile views. And before someone says "but community notes" - Jones had millions of daily users being poisoned by rhetoric before he was de-platformed.

You know what's better than Holocaust denial and anti-vax quackery? No Holocaust denial and anti-vax quackery.

Your life will not be improved by those opinions that you are free to ignore because no one is forcing them on you. However, having the freedom to post those opinions is something that makes your life better - you don't have to even exercise that freedom, but you need to know it's there. The anti-vaccine narrative was something that reached it's peak while it was suppressed on all media and mainstream social media sites. Suppression doesn't work, it makes things worse.

I can think of no greater argument that Twitter is demonstrably worse under Musk then that that account is active again. And they're right back to what they were posting when they got suspended

I don't know what you're doing wrong or what I'm doing right but I don't have this kind of content in my feed. And even if you have, the fix is simple: . . . → not interested.

Can it be that you actually go searching for content that offends you?

I don't think Leon realises that the first amendment means sweet f*ck all outside of America.

I mean, unless he's actually trying to get rid of Twitter worldwide, and just have it for the US? It's obvious (to me) that if he does actually go ahead with getting rid of blocking and muting, the EU will follow Brazil's lead and kick Twitter out of the block.

(And yet somehow this sh*t-for-brains is on track to be a trillionaire? Money makes money, people)

https://www.reuters.com/technology/zuckerberg-says-biden-administration-pressured-meta-censor-covid-19-content-2024-08-27/

And it didn't work. It made things worse, and not only for covid vaccine, we're seeing diseases that were supposed to be eradicated coming back. Left, right, anti-scientific, nonsensical, stupid, any kind of opinion should be allowed, that's how we grow, not by hiding them away, but by exposing them to criticism and ridicule. And even trolling if it needs be.

could not find it, but found a community note that stated that to mute/ban/block someone is mandatory for social platforms.
Stalking is bad enough as it is, imagine if you cannot mute/ban/block someone.

Do rape survivors "grow" by being allowed to be taunted by misogynistic trolls telling them they deserved to be raped?

I cited an BBC article covering this exact scenario on Twitter.
You had no response.

That you have no answer to this is entirely discrediting of your line of argument here, and your claims therefore have negative credibility.

If you continue to make similar arguments about why people should be exposed to such hateful content, you can expect to be similarly challenged.

"False or misleading claims about the U.S. election that Elon Musk has posted to X this year have generated nearly 1.2 billion views, according to an analysis published Thursday by the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate. 

Researchers from the center said they identified 50 instances this year when Musk posted election claims that have been debunked by independent fact-checkers but spread widely on the app anyway. 

None of the 50 posts by Musk displayed a “Community Note” to correct his claims or add context, calling into question the effectiveness of X’s user-driven fact-checking system, the center said. "

Ah yes, community notes mitigating the tidal wave of disinfo

what is the saying? "a lie is half way around the world before the truth is even out of bed". something like that. community notes are only effective if created in a timely manner. with the amount of bile and bullshit on twitter that is practically impossible.

Because I didn't want to be trawling through the posters content, to find content specific to complain about under that. Tried it before to get copies of death threat of MLM taken down and it was refused. That report process is not as effective as people think.

Saw the above reported on Threads last night. Could not find it in his feed, so must have been removed. Not the first time he has threatened that.

Wonder what the EU Digital Services Act will have to say about it? Part of the principles of Free Speech is the right not to listen?
"This means that the government is legally obliged to take no action against the speaker based on the speaker's views, but that no one is obliged to help any speakers publish their views, and no one is required to listen to, agree with, or acknowledge the speaker or the speaker's views." ~~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech

I'm careful about content, I search and engage with on the platform. The only reason (i can think of) that I got feed the post @Brussels Sprout shared is because I was following one account who was following that account.

So just some petty attack on space karen, not representative on what actually goes on on X. So left wing opinions are not banned on Twitter, we just like to pretend that they are.

oh, i dont know, i think it is pretty fantastic news.

Guy has literally no self-awareness

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