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Re:Musk: "EU offered secret censorship deal to X. We didnt a... by immibis on Saturday July 13, 2024 @06:07AM (#40953012)
Musk accepts many secret censorship deals from many countries, including EU countries. The fact that he rejected one is uninteresting.

https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-24/under-el...

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Re:Musk: "EU offered secret censorship deal to X. We didnt a... by cwillu on Saturday July 13, 2024 @06:29AM (#40953122)
Presumably the EU hasn't threatened to jail twitter employees if he doesn't comply.
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Re:Musk: "EU offered secret censorship deal to X. We didnt a... by TheLoafOfBread on Saturday July 13, 2024 @08:49AM (#40953804)
Paradox of tolerance it seems.
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Re:Musk: "EU offered secret censorship deal to X. We didnt a... by beardyw on Saturday July 13, 2024 @07:21AM (#40953404)
It is interesting that he commented on it. Perhaps he feels his image needs a boost, regardless of the business he represents.
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Re:Musk: "EU offered secret censorship deal to X. We didnt a... by chipdart on Saturday July 13, 2024 @06:59AM (#40953296)
> Musk accepts many secret censorship deals from many countries, including EU countries.

This news article is interesting because it underlines the hypocrisy of these self-described paladins of free speech and makes it clear these complains and criticisms are nothing more than baseless and fraudulent grandstanding.

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Re:Musk: "EU offered secret censorship deal to X. We didnt a... by mountainstar on Saturday July 13, 2024 @05:50PM (#40957161)
hurr durr someone did something I don't like therefore censorship is ok
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Re:Musk: "EU offered secret censorship deal to X. We didnt a... by sidcool on Sunday July 14, 2024 @02:14AM (#40959204)
This looks like a Community note.
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