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‘X’ Rebrand Gets Twitter Blocked Under Indonesia Porn Laws (www.thedailybeast.com)

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The domain X.com had previously been used by sites running afoul of the country’s rules on “negative” content.

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[–] beto@lemmy.studio 1 points 1 year ago

They did, many years ago with the PayPal merge. Musk wanted x.com, all the research said people saw it negatively, and Musk still pushed for it, until eventually he was ousted as CEO.