Elon Musk takes over Twitter

Why does it have to make sense though? I think the likelier explanation is still that Musk is a ridiculously vain person, and this is an ego-driven move that has backfired spectacularly.

 

Oh totally agree with you there.

If there is a point to all of this, it may be to trash the place.

It is probably more likely that there is no point and this is just a drugged-up narcissist issuing decrees from his bunker in Texas.

 

Europe gives Elon Musk 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation and violence on X, formerly Twitter

 

You have 24 hours to respond. You have 12 hours to respond. You have 1 hour to respond. Your site has been crushed into a cube. You have 24 hours to move the cube.

 

What is the last straw for reputable companies still giving this sick fuck their ad dollars?

 

Nobody is bothered by government officials dictating what a private business can do?

 

Saying Perdue can’t sell you cyanide-laced chicken is government officials dictating what a private business can do.

 

Cyanide laced chicken is a direct, physical threat that would otherwise be punishable in a civil action. Telling a forum what can and cannot be said isn't good.

 

You can explain to Germany that their laws against pro-Nazi propaganda are a First Amendment violation, but I don't think they'll be very moved.

 

This isn't a German and he presents a broad claim, not limited to Nazi content. If Europe isn't actively censoring speech, it wants to bully companies into doing it for them.

 

And if Europe decides that it won't allow anti-Semitic misinformation from a company run by an anti-Semite -- who stripped away the internal processes used to flag and remove misinformation from its platform, at the behest of his Nazi-loving buddies -- I'm not really going to wring my hands over it.