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Re:Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky by throwaway48476 on Saturday August 31, 2024 @10:29PM (#41413731)
And what would happen if they did not comply?

It's sort of like the mafia 'suggesting' you make a donation. Or a politician 'suggesting' a donation for expedited service. Which is legal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgUvwcU6P7I

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Re:Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky by tootie on Sunday September 01, 2024 @11:46AM (#41417846)
That's a stretch. They could have decided twitter was non compliant and started treating them a little less gently but would they order content be removed or issue fines or some other direct punishment? Probably not.
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Re:Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky by throwaway48476 on Sunday September 01, 2024 @12:04PM (#41417986)
This is a failure of imagination.

https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/27/schumer-intelligence-ag...

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Re:Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky by tootie on Sunday September 01, 2024 @01:26PM (#41418615)
Yeah, this article is really very imaginative.
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