European Politicians and Leaders Must Act Now to Protect Democracy Since Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter over two years ago, the platform—now rebranded as X—has taken a troubling turn. The growing influence of its CEO in shaping political narratives and promoting specific ideologies, including altering how content is prioritized to reflect his own interests, has become increasingly apparent. As one of the world’s most visited social media platforms, with millions of active users and a signifi
  • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    24 days ago

    I can already see Musk’s followers crying censorship… Thing is, they don’t need to block Twitter like China’s firewall, right? Making it irrelevant in the EU is enough.

    And if it isn’t (like if conservatives make a point to stay on it or whatever), can’t the EU block companies from doing business with Twitter? Global/EU business with any interest advertising there wouldn’t dare risk the EU market. Thus, operating Twitter without major advertisers in the EU would burn cash, and they’d probably ‘soft ban’ EU users by deranking posts or maybe even prevent signups, unless Musk opts to keep it up as a massively expensive propaganda apparatus.

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        24 days ago

        Twitter would still be based, and accessible, overseas, but of course, yeah.

        And if Musk counters with “Well why does Facebook et al. get to basically operate the same way?” Yes. That is an excellent question. Perhaps they shouldn’t.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
    7·
    24 days ago

    I think it would be better to have an EU petition that demands European politicians must have an account on a service hosted by a governmental EU body. Otherwise they’ll just creating accounts on bluesky.