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Petition calls to ban Elon Musk's X in Europe (ban-x-in.eu)

submitted 3 days ago by 0x815@feddit.org to c/technology

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/4853256

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[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There needs to be due process. We can't ban a website because 10k people said it has disinformation. The DSA is the process for combatting disinformation on major platforms, and we should follow it. Twitter is already being sued under the DSA, and they will be banned in the next few months if they do not fulfill their obligations to fight disinformation.

[–] MayonnaiseArch 3 points 3 days ago

Sure, that's fine - except I guess a petition is a petition. It's not binding, it's a way of expressing political will. So if a lot of people go sign it I don't see what the problem is? It's a nice way of shitting on musks neck, rubbing some in his mouth and nose. I guess we should all sign