Re:Following legal advice, the Nitter project will continue
by basisword on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @01:12PM
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The problem is that if they did put together those instances the general public wouldn't use them. Most of the public don't want to see a politicians tweets. They share them on Twitter because people will have it put in front of them regardless of desire.
Re:Following legal advice, the Nitter project will continue
by quadrifoliate on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @01:21PM
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No one cares about a politician's tweets.
The issue being discussed is important notices from Government agencies that affect people's lives immediately, that shouldn't be behind a login wall. Think train service cancellations and such.
I was talking about the political will to mandate "forcing them to stop using it".
The UK doesn't actually have the economic and political will to put together a national Mastodon or Bluesky instance and mandate that all public agencies use it for their announcements. I'm sure there are three fact-finding committees about it at the moment though.