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Europe gives Elon Musk 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation and violence on X (www.cnbc.com)

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Europe gives Elon Musk 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation and violence on X::Thierry Breton, the European commissioner for the internal market, warns Elon Musk about disinformation on X related to the Israel-Hamas conflict.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Whoever chooses which sites get banned from the internet has a whole load of power. They could feasibly, in time, become corrupt and end up banning threats to corporate monopolies, like the Fediverse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So instead we allow known, unelected bad actors like Musk free reign, to protect us from hypothetical elected future bad actors?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They will become corrupt over time. Power and money yield corruption. Always.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly. So I wouldn't trust anyone with the power to dictate which websites you can visit and which you can't