▲ 651 ▼ EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 59 comments fedilink hide all child comments Musk is told his platform, now known as X, must comply with new laws designed to combat fake news and Russian propaganda
[+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (2 children) So I can post something illegal in Germany on the Internet and you think that I should be extradited? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] misterharbies@lemmy.nz 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's kind of what is happening with Kim DotCom. He's been in New Zealand for years and never set foot in the US, but he is accused of conspiring to distribute pirated material that belongs to American corporations. He supposedly broke US law, while in New Zealand, and has never been to the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -6 points 2 years ago I think that was violating multiple international copyright and software patent agreements (i.e. megaupload), not him violating some specific US Law. And he was going to be tried in the US, but he could have just as easily been tried in Germany or whatever. Unless you are referring to something more specific. permalink fedilink source parent [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ok sure. A Government can do whatever it wants in collaboration with another government. regardless of laws, rights, morality, or anything that can be enforced via violence. But I don't really see that as a "gotcha" or something that you should bring up in normal conversation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) So let me ask you directly. Am I, as a US Citizen, living in the US, and currently in the US, subject to German Laws? To be clear I understand that extradiction treaty's exist. But that only applies if I break German Law, while I'm in Germany, not in any other situation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Gamey@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago If you operate a buisness in Germany and do something with that that's illegal in the US as well you might actually be but I don't think that applies for the super rich tbh, no one of them will ever go to jail, the best we can hope for is a beheading in some revolution or by some terrorist group! permalink fedilink source parent [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ok sure. A Government can do whatever it wants in collaboration with another government. regardless of laws, rights, morality, or anything that can be enforced via violence. But I don’t really see that as a “gotcha” or something that you should bring up in normal conversation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago It's masturbatory to even entertain the notion that anyone would ever be expedited to the EU for disregarding their laws, especially if that person is operating in the US where it is explicitly legal to lie on the internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (2 children) So I can post something illegal in Germany on the Internet and you think that I should be extradited? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] misterharbies@lemmy.nz 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's kind of what is happening with Kim DotCom. He's been in New Zealand for years and never set foot in the US, but he is accused of conspiring to distribute pirated material that belongs to American corporations. He supposedly broke US law, while in New Zealand, and has never been to the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -6 points 2 years ago I think that was violating multiple international copyright and software patent agreements (i.e. megaupload), not him violating some specific US Law. And he was going to be tried in the US, but he could have just as easily been tried in Germany or whatever. Unless you are referring to something more specific. permalink fedilink source parent [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ok sure. A Government can do whatever it wants in collaboration with another government. regardless of laws, rights, morality, or anything that can be enforced via violence. But I don't really see that as a "gotcha" or something that you should bring up in normal conversation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) So let me ask you directly. Am I, as a US Citizen, living in the US, and currently in the US, subject to German Laws? To be clear I understand that extradiction treaty's exist. But that only applies if I break German Law, while I'm in Germany, not in any other situation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Gamey@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago If you operate a buisness in Germany and do something with that that's illegal in the US as well you might actually be but I don't think that applies for the super rich tbh, no one of them will ever go to jail, the best we can hope for is a beheading in some revolution or by some terrorist group! permalink fedilink source parent [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ok sure. A Government can do whatever it wants in collaboration with another government. regardless of laws, rights, morality, or anything that can be enforced via violence. But I don’t really see that as a “gotcha” or something that you should bring up in normal conversation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago It's masturbatory to even entertain the notion that anyone would ever be expedited to the EU for disregarding their laws, especially if that person is operating in the US where it is explicitly legal to lie on the internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] misterharbies@lemmy.nz 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's kind of what is happening with Kim DotCom. He's been in New Zealand for years and never set foot in the US, but he is accused of conspiring to distribute pirated material that belongs to American corporations. He supposedly broke US law, while in New Zealand, and has never been to the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -6 points 2 years ago I think that was violating multiple international copyright and software patent agreements (i.e. megaupload), not him violating some specific US Law. And he was going to be tried in the US, but he could have just as easily been tried in Germany or whatever. Unless you are referring to something more specific. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -6 points 2 years ago I think that was violating multiple international copyright and software patent agreements (i.e. megaupload), not him violating some specific US Law. And he was going to be tried in the US, but he could have just as easily been tried in Germany or whatever. Unless you are referring to something more specific. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ok sure. A Government can do whatever it wants in collaboration with another government. regardless of laws, rights, morality, or anything that can be enforced via violence. But I don't really see that as a "gotcha" or something that you should bring up in normal conversation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) So let me ask you directly. Am I, as a US Citizen, living in the US, and currently in the US, subject to German Laws? To be clear I understand that extradiction treaty's exist. But that only applies if I break German Law, while I'm in Germany, not in any other situation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Gamey@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago If you operate a buisness in Germany and do something with that that's illegal in the US as well you might actually be but I don't think that applies for the super rich tbh, no one of them will ever go to jail, the best we can hope for is a beheading in some revolution or by some terrorist group! permalink fedilink source parent [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ok sure. A Government can do whatever it wants in collaboration with another government. regardless of laws, rights, morality, or anything that can be enforced via violence. But I don’t really see that as a “gotcha” or something that you should bring up in normal conversation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago It's masturbatory to even entertain the notion that anyone would ever be expedited to the EU for disregarding their laws, especially if that person is operating in the US where it is explicitly legal to lie on the internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ok sure. A Government can do whatever it wants in collaboration with another government. regardless of laws, rights, morality, or anything that can be enforced via violence. But I don't really see that as a "gotcha" or something that you should bring up in normal conversation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) So let me ask you directly. Am I, as a US Citizen, living in the US, and currently in the US, subject to German Laws? To be clear I understand that extradiction treaty's exist. But that only applies if I break German Law, while I'm in Germany, not in any other situation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Gamey@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago If you operate a buisness in Germany and do something with that that's illegal in the US as well you might actually be but I don't think that applies for the super rich tbh, no one of them will ever go to jail, the best we can hope for is a beheading in some revolution or by some terrorist group! permalink fedilink source parent [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ok sure. A Government can do whatever it wants in collaboration with another government. regardless of laws, rights, morality, or anything that can be enforced via violence. But I don’t really see that as a “gotcha” or something that you should bring up in normal conversation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago It's masturbatory to even entertain the notion that anyone would ever be expedited to the EU for disregarding their laws, especially if that person is operating in the US where it is explicitly legal to lie on the internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) So let me ask you directly. Am I, as a US Citizen, living in the US, and currently in the US, subject to German Laws? To be clear I understand that extradiction treaty's exist. But that only applies if I break German Law, while I'm in Germany, not in any other situation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Gamey@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago If you operate a buisness in Germany and do something with that that's illegal in the US as well you might actually be but I don't think that applies for the super rich tbh, no one of them will ever go to jail, the best we can hope for is a beheading in some revolution or by some terrorist group! permalink fedilink source parent [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ok sure. A Government can do whatever it wants in collaboration with another government. regardless of laws, rights, morality, or anything that can be enforced via violence. But I don’t really see that as a “gotcha” or something that you should bring up in normal conversation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago It's masturbatory to even entertain the notion that anyone would ever be expedited to the EU for disregarding their laws, especially if that person is operating in the US where it is explicitly legal to lie on the internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) So let me ask you directly. Am I, as a US Citizen, living in the US, and currently in the US, subject to German Laws? To be clear I understand that extradiction treaty's exist. But that only applies if I break German Law, while I'm in Germany, not in any other situation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Gamey@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago If you operate a buisness in Germany and do something with that that's illegal in the US as well you might actually be but I don't think that applies for the super rich tbh, no one of them will ever go to jail, the best we can hope for is a beheading in some revolution or by some terrorist group! permalink fedilink source parent [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ok sure. A Government can do whatever it wants in collaboration with another government. regardless of laws, rights, morality, or anything that can be enforced via violence. But I don’t really see that as a “gotcha” or something that you should bring up in normal conversation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago It's masturbatory to even entertain the notion that anyone would ever be expedited to the EU for disregarding their laws, especially if that person is operating in the US where it is explicitly legal to lie on the internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gamey@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago If you operate a buisness in Germany and do something with that that's illegal in the US as well you might actually be but I don't think that applies for the super rich tbh, no one of them will ever go to jail, the best we can hope for is a beheading in some revolution or by some terrorist group! permalink fedilink source parent
[+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ok sure. A Government can do whatever it wants in collaboration with another government. regardless of laws, rights, morality, or anything that can be enforced via violence. But I don’t really see that as a “gotcha” or something that you should bring up in normal conversation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago It's masturbatory to even entertain the notion that anyone would ever be expedited to the EU for disregarding their laws, especially if that person is operating in the US where it is explicitly legal to lie on the internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ok sure. A Government can do whatever it wants in collaboration with another government. regardless of laws, rights, morality, or anything that can be enforced via violence. But I don’t really see that as a “gotcha” or something that you should bring up in normal conversation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago It's masturbatory to even entertain the notion that anyone would ever be expedited to the EU for disregarding their laws, especially if that person is operating in the US where it is explicitly legal to lie on the internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago It's masturbatory to even entertain the notion that anyone would ever be expedited to the EU for disregarding their laws, especially if that person is operating in the US where it is explicitly legal to lie on the internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago It's masturbatory to even entertain the notion that anyone would ever be expedited to the EU for disregarding their laws, especially if that person is operating in the US where it is explicitly legal to lie on the internet. permalink fedilink source parent