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[–] InternetTubes@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Please do it and convince Steve Huffman as well. The fediverse always welcomes more users.

Oh no.. anyways

[–] SignorPao@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Please, please, please, do it

[–] ik5pvx@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Good riddance, I guess?

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Watching Musk and Twitter destroy each other has been my guilty pleasure for the last couple of months.

Hopefully that will get us another wave of users who have not really used reddit before and want to try something new.

[–] mrbubblesort@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

That's a bold move Cotton ...

[–] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man, now I wish the UK never left...

[–] Nevermore9197@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is what did it? This is what made you wish?

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[–] Reptorian@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 year ago

He should do it!

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Weren't they already threatening to ban it in the first place?

This has major "You can't fire me cause I quit!" energy

[–] zarathustra0@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Don't threaten me with a good time.

[–] thetaoistonline@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Please do it

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

That sounds like a treat, not a threat!

[–] egeres@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Dooo it dooo it

[–] sndrtj@feddit.nl 11 points 1 year ago

Good riddance.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago

DOOOOOO EEEEEEEEEEEEET

[–] nostradiel@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So apart from paywall, we now have even a singupwall, fck that. Could you please next time just prntscrn whole article? It's matter of 10s..

[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 year ago

Musk considers removing X platform from Europe over EU law - Insider Reuters October 19, 20232:36 AM GMT+2Updated 7 hours ago

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk attends the VivaTech conference in Paris Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. Oct 18 (Reuters) - 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.

The billionaire has discussed removing the app's availability in the region, or blocking users in the European Union from accessing it, a person familiar with the company told the publication.

The European Union in August adopted the Digital Services Act (DSA), which sets forth rules for preventing the spread of harmful content, banning or limiting certain user-targeting practices, and sharing some internal data with regulators and associated researchers, among other things.

X did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Reporting by Yuvraj Malik in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath

[–] BrownianMotion@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago
[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

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.

Lucky them.

[–] diviledabit@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

The DSA would nullify the entire point of buying twitter, forcing him to reveal exactly how he is using the platform to further his goals.

In addition to the liability exemptions, the DSA would introduce a wide-ranging set of new obligations on platforms, including some that aim to disclose to regulators how their algorithms work, while other obligations would create transparency on how decisions to remove content are taken

[–] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

Please do so thanks

[–] 3TH4Li4@feddit.ch 8 points 1 year ago

Here's hoping Zuck will do the same! Garbage misinformation platforms, with all around lack of moderation, and value.

[–] arc@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Do the stupid self destructive thing Elon, you know you want to.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Dude thinks he's so important that he can bully others into getting what he wants just by threatening to leave. Here's hoping the EU calls him on it. What do they have to lose? Twitter brings no value to anyone other than Musk these days.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 7 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Oct 18 (Reuters) - 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.

The billionaire has discussed removing the app's availability in the region, or blocking users in the European Union from accessing it, a person familiar with the company told the publication.

The European Union in August adopted the Digital Services Act (DSA), which sets forth rules for preventing the spread of harmful content, banning or limiting certain user-targeting practices, and sharing some internal data with regulators and associated researchers, among other things.

X did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.


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[–] ninekeysdown@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Translation; I'm going to throw a temper tantrum because the you're being mean to me after, someone who totally is not me, ruined my plaything that I was, forced to, buy.

Also I am totally wearing clothes, you're just too poor to see them.

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[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 7 points 1 year ago
[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 7 points 1 year ago

Maybe the theory about the Saudis financing Musk to buy Twitter in order to kill it is not too far fetched afterall.

[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Musk threatens to kill off Twitter in the EU, and all the Europeans are going "hooray! Finally we can forget about that cesspool and go on with our lives"

Kinda reminds you of that scene from lethal weapons, Musk is the jumper, Riggs the Europeans and Murtaugh the Twitter employees.

https://youtu.be/1v38MMDYEMw?t=87

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[–] Mio@feddit.nu 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why not just adapt to the new rules? Others have to do the same.

[–] ollie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

developers would have to add features to the platform but they only learned how to remove features

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