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SuperSpaceFan@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Musk considers removing X platform from Europe over EU law - Insider

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Musk considers removing X platform from Europe over EU law - Insider

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SuperSpaceFan@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, is considering removing the service formerly called Twitter from Europe in response to a new internet platform regulation in the region, news site Insider reported on Wednesday.
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    He should remove it from all countries. What a rich dumbass.

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    What do we need to do to get him to remove it from America?

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      Join the EU.

      Or pass their Digital Services Act and GDPR Laws in the USA.

      Sadly, for the USA, each option is about as likely as the other.

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        Get New York and California to pass it. Might be enough. California has sort of done it lol

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          California is the EU of America.

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        I’d vote to create the EAU. I think there’s a real thirst for having some sanity over here.

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          As a EU citizen - no thanks, unless you get like ten seats in the EU parliament at most.

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            As a Californian, I am fully used to being horrifically underrepresented proportionally in national politics, danke. Tax our billionaires. Give us healthcare. Make us use public transportation and drive on better roads. Do your worst. I triple dog dare you.

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              and as a citizen of a country other than the US, we’re very used to america being horrifically overrepresented in any sort of politics ever no matter what :p so swings and roundabouts i guess

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                Okay, good note.

                What if we made Canameximerica first and then joined?

                I mean, I’m feeling a vibe here.

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                  North American Union has a certain ring to it

            • antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              Tax our billionaires.

              They’d probably bribe half the EU parliament and make it reduce the taxes in EU instead.

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                You are about 30 years too late…

                The double Irish with a Dutch sandwich is a tax avoidance technique employed by certain large corporations.

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            Honestly can’t blame you.

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          Electronic Arts Union?

          • SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml
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            It’s a pun to discreetly signal that I welcome our new French overlords.

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        • uis@lemmy.world
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          I hear cries in British.

          “…and the tea is cold!”

          Yep.

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        Or pass their Digital Services Act

        Not likely. This act would never pass the 1st amendment check.

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        Laws like these would thankfully get killed dead by the first amendment in the USA.

        Stop trying to kill the Internet with overbearing government regulations.

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      Just join Mastodon and you will not have to wait for Elon.

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    Do it. Go on, do it. A real man would do it.

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      A real aerospace engineer would do it, c’mon Elon, you are one of those, aren’t you?

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        A real tesla cofounder would do it for sure.

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          That’s founder to you! The court says so, so it must be true. I’ve had to go to court to prove I started the laundry, so it makes sense he had to too. 😆

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      The people who previously ran Twitter wouldn’t have done it. C’mon Elon, are you as scared as they would be?

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      Never happening, he doesn’t have the balls, Elon Musk is just a wittle bitty boy

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      I hear Zuck once threatened to pull Meta out of the EU too. Musk is a real man though. No joke, he can probably be goaded to do it, just like how he got baited into buying Twitter in the first place.

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        We can only hope

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      Anybody know what a real programmer would do?

      Ah, nevermind, he is too young for that.

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      A REAL SMARTEST MAN would do it.

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    Do it! Do it! Do it!

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    As a Brit, I’ve never been more angry at Brexit than right now, when we could have been on the cusp of losing access to Twitter. I’d have been free from the temptation to lurk occasionally, but noooooo, the fucking Tories had to go and “Get Brexit Done” and so we have to still live in a world where I feel compelled to go over there and gawk at the mess.

    Bastards.

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    Don’t threaten me with a good time!

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    … and he believed, I mean, really believed, that would be some kind of threat!

    LMFAO!!

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      I know right?! “Don’t threaten me with a good time, Elmo”

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        #SpaceKaren is ultra clueless.

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          #CosmoKaren or #KosmoKaren

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    lol please do it.

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    Europe: “oh no! Anyway…” Me: “Do America next!”

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    pls dont get my hopes up

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    Don’t threaten us with a good time

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    Fucking do it.

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      I second this, fuck right off.

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    Please do, and I would like to add a few more (only 180 more) countries where you should quit…

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    Do it. It is perceived much differently than government blocking site, speaking from experience. When cenzorship agency blocks something, people seek ways to be there, when something pulls out of country, people say good riddance.

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      The irony is that the real losers if Twitter pulls out of the EU will be all the misinfo actors.

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