Re:In Europe, the bird will fly by our EU rules
by somenameforme on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:30AM
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Everything is. The balance between stay and remain within EU is not especially weighted towards remain in an increasing number of countries. The EU deciding to take any sort of a meaningful stance against free speech or free expression is, IMO, much more likely to push those still in the middle more towards leaving the EU than it is to push them towards remaining.
It's an irrelevant act on its own weight, but there always comes a straw that breaks the camel's back. Now is just such an absurdly horrible time to do something that might agitate.
Re:In Europe, the bird will fly by our EU rules
by hef19898 on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:38AM
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So, banning twitter will directly lead to other countries leaving the EU because twitter is the only way of free speech that exists?
Re:In Europe, the bird will fly by our EU rules
by Am4TIfIsER0ppos on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:36AM
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One can only hope!
Re:In Europe, the bird will fly by our EU rules
by jansan on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:21AM
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They did not ban Telegram, so why should they ban Twitter?
Re:In Europe, the bird will fly by our EU rules
by foepys on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:25AM
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Because Telegram complies with demands from law enforcement, despite what they want you to believe.
Re:In Europe, the bird will fly by our EU rules
by collegeburner on Friday October 28, 2022 @12:06PM
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"ban" twitter how? go to china and ask to license the great firewall? you could restrict it from operating a EU office or servers, you could restrict it from taking payment in euros, you could even restrict EU domiciled business from paying it but actually "banning" it is a much more authoritarian option.
Re:In Europe, the bird will fly by our EU rules
by foepys on Friday October 28, 2022 @01:01PM
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Why should Twitter pay for infastructure for users that don't generate any revenue? That sounds like bad business.
Re:In Europe, the bird will fly by our EU rules
by collegeburner on Friday October 28, 2022 @06:02PM
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who says you can't still advertise to them? if twitter goes the "screw the eu" route they don't even have to follow gdpr so that makes for a competitive advantage.
Yes. Twitter is a lot less essential than you might think.