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[–] 123 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

There is only one (non-standard) emoji to convey my emotion on the subject

kekw

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  • [–] 120 points 2 years ago

    Bitchy oligarch isn’t above the law everywhere like he wishes. Hope this helps with his downfall.

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  • [–] 68 points 2 years ago

    This is how you deal with people like him. After trying to treat them fairly, act with strength and authority. Hit them in the wallet whenever possible.

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  • [–] 66 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The NYT really does take Musk at his word even when he's got a real history of banning accounts for saying true-but-left-wing things.

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    [–] 66 points 2 years ago

    Well good for them.

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  • [–] 62 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Twitter is a cesspool of racism and the preferred platform for Nazis

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    [–] 53 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    In a highly unusual move, Justice Moraes also said that any person in Brazil who tried to still use X via common privacy software called a virtual private network, or VPN, could be fined nearly $9,000 a day.

    Wild stuff.

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  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'm brazillian and its not quite blocked yet, can access it as of this moment. It will take some time until all internet providers block twitter

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Can you tell us more about the motivations? Seems political more than anything specific musk is doing now that he wasnt doing before.

    Im happy to see X go down in flames, but I also dont want citizens silenced if fascism is creeping in.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That judge claims the people he wants banned from the platform are anti democracy and what not, but musk refused to comply. Its a complicated subject and my opinion is just that, my own opinion. That judge (most of them in fact) believe themselves to be all mighty, they interpret the law as they see fit and use their supreme court orders to do as they wish, when their role should be only to act as the highest instance of law in the country. Just today he also froze starlink's account in the country to charge fines from the twitter issue, that is not exactly the correct way to go about it, he is over stepping his powers.

    To be short: fuck Elon but the supreme court here is also crap and needs a reform.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Idk. O think most people would say it os reasonable for a sex offender to be forbidden from being within 300 ft of a school zone. I would say that being banned from online forums like Twitter or Facebook is fair game for someone who lead an insurrection against their government. The punishment for that was a rope around the neck in most places until recently.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The moment posed one of the biggest tests yet of the billionaire’s efforts to transform the site into a digital town square where just about anything goes.

    This is disingenuous reporting of the NYT, just repeating Musk’s untrue “town square” meme, and saying “just about anything goes”. Anarchist and other left wing accounts were the first to be banned, and many accounts and posts from even mildly left or progressive accounts are banned and suppressed. You can’t even say the word “cis”. It’s not a place where anything goes. It’s a place where right wing content is protected and promoted. It’s a Nazi website. Say that.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago

    Congrats, Brazil!

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago

    And nothing of value was lost.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago*

    Bluesky is experiencing a hockeystick scenario currently, apparently. Probably entirely coincidental.

    https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3l2ye7wjt662c

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    Blocking Western social media is good. It might boost federated alternatives instead.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    Promote mastodon as much as you can because notes a good time to do so.

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    Keep holding this aristocrat accountable folks

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    In before he tells countries who block Xitter to go fk themselves.

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    Brazilian Hatsune Miku was too powerful for her own good

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