Twitter Suspends PG's Account

Re:Twitter Suspends PG's Account by mhitza on Sunday December 18, 2022 @06:37PM (#34045716)

The way Elon seems to like to take his chances, Twitter pulling out from the EU/EEA market might be a possibility. Personally I think that would be beneficial, as even more would switch to Mastodon in 2023. Even if I don't use social blogging websites myself, I think that would be a net win.

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Re:Twitter Suspends PG's Account by Yoric on Sunday December 18, 2022 @06:53PM (#34045967)

Having the open sewer pull out from the EU? Oh, no, that would be such a shame... /s

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Re:Twitter Suspends PG's Account by dylan604 on Sunday December 18, 2022 @07:20PM (#34046323)

Can we have Twitter pull out of the US market instead?

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Re:Twitter Suspends PG's Account by jtbayly on Monday December 19, 2022 @12:06AM (#34048715)

I’ve been thinking recently that Elon might actually have the hidden goal of attempting to get the US to pass legislation forbidding social media companies from doing this sort of thing.

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Re:Twitter Suspends PG's Account by sangnoir on Monday December 19, 2022 @01:05AM (#34049014)

If that were his goal, he could gave done it for far less than $44B. how many dark money donations, Super PACs and think-tanks (left and right) could he have funded with 'only' $2B? Probably enough to get him an amendment in a must-pass bill with bipartisan support. For even less money, he could petition the state legislature in Texas or Florida to pass another Social Media law.

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Re:Twitter Suspends PG's Account by bandyaboot on Monday December 19, 2022 @02:10AM (#34049365)

Is it really that hard to admit that he’s just not as principled as you were led to believe?

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Re:Twitter Suspends PG's Account by jtbayly on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @09:43AM (#34066537)

I’ve never had the slightest illusion about Elon Musk or his principles. About the most I can say for him is he has said a few things I agree with over the years.

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Re:Twitter Suspends PG's Account by ben_w on Monday December 19, 2022 @05:04AM (#34050384)

Couldn't he spend a mere $1 bn on lobbying for that, and use the other $43 bn for, say, a von Neumann probe startup?

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Re:Twitter Suspends PG's Account by natpalmer1776 on Sunday December 18, 2022 @07:10PM (#34046197)

I mean… having recently read “Everyone Poops” to my youngest I feel the analogy isn’t terribly far off.

Guess the question is what direction the sewage is flowing.

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Re:Twitter Suspends PG's Account by WanderPanda on Sunday December 18, 2022 @07:55PM (#34046705)

Please save us, nanny state, because rocket man bad.

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Re:Twitter Suspends PG's Account by vba616 on Sunday December 18, 2022 @08:38PM (#34047116)

   "She packed my bags last night pre-flight
   Zero hour 9:00 a.m.
   And I'm gonna be high
   As a kite by then
   ...
   I'm not the man they think I am at home
   Oh, no, no, no
   I'm a rocket man

   Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone
   Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
   In fact it's cold as hell
   And there's no one there to raise them
   If you did"

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Re:Twitter Suspends PG's Account by vineyardmike on Monday December 19, 2022 @02:15AM (#34049397)

I wonder what amount of twitter revenue and users are in the EU?

Also I strongly suspect that mastadon would have a lot of trouble complying with European laws (except I think some have company size minimums that mastadon instances would likely not reach).

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