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Australia gives Twitter 28 days to sort out ‘toxicity and hate’ (kbin.social)

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Inman Grant, who once worked for Twitter, gave the company 28 days to show it was serious about tackling the problem or face fines of 700,000 Australian dollars ($476,000) for every day it missed the deadline.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/6/22/australia-gives-twitter-28-days-to-sort-out-toxicity-and-hate

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[–] snorkbubs@fedia.io 1 points 2 years ago

It would be great if the Aussies and the EU both blocked Twitter. The site is now primarily used to spread disinformation, and to platform grifters. They don't even attempt to hide it anymore.

It's good that it is going this way. Imagine if Musk had kept his mask on, and trickled the trash in slow enough that people didn't notice. It could be a powerful manipulation tool, in the right (wrong) hands. Thank goodness he's an idiot.