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Like Brazil, the European Union also has an X problem. (www.voanews.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[-] [email protected] 63 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Please do ban X in EU. The people need to switch to better alternatives like Mastodon.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago

Yeah. Or, you know. Find something else to do.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

That is also a viable option.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

So, Bluesky?

[-] [email protected] 56 points 11 months ago

And we really hope our problem ends up like Brazil's one.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

I am amazed that people still use Xitter.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

I'm amazing people still post VOA.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

Obligatory https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-you-speed-run-the-content-moderation-learning-curve/

[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You finally noticed?

Its been a problem for years.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

If elon really cared about free speach he would federate.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It's one of the few places i have managed to find some like minded people when it comes to some sexual interests of mine, it would probably make me sad for a bit if i can't use it anymore.

We'll see what happens, being EU i would assume they start with some decent fines followed by some heavier ones before they actually pull the plug tho.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Bluesky, Thank me later.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks, i like it...so far

[-] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

For those who prefer not to normalize state propaganda:

https://www.barrons.com/news/like-brazil-the-european-union-also-has-an-x-problem-ff36643c

[+] [email protected] -34 points 11 months ago

We don't need a precedent for the EU censoring the internet.

[+] [email protected] -11 points 11 months ago

Love you're getting down voted for being against censorship, lemmy hivemind at it's finest

[-] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They are getting downvoted because they are making a bad faith argument. They state banning a for profit website for not complying with the laws is somehow equal to censorship, this is obviously not true.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I don't care if they pull the plug on Twitter. My point was that if the EU bans one website, it sets a precedent for the future where it's easier to do it again. The rules that could lead to Twitter being banned today might be sane but who knows about the future? Maybe they start blanket banning Lemmy or Mastodon instances if the fediverse grows so large that moderation can't keep up?

[-] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago

No, he is being downvoted for pretending that enforcing rules = censorship.... Which is common spin attempt of assholes thinking rules don't apply to them.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

He's not "pretending", that's literally all censorship is. If censorship is not enforced it's just a localised ban.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Yeah, because all censorship is evil /s

[-] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago

When done by the government, yes it is. When done by multinational mega corporations, yes it is. When a teacher takes the swear words out of a school play, it's not a big deal.

[-] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago

Yup, so many sheep who look at the up/downvote trend on a comment and just follow.

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