X Is The Biggest Source Of Fake News And Disinformation, EU Warns::The EU also called upon Google, TikTok, Microsoft and Meta to do more to tackle disinformation—much of it coming from Russia—ahead of upcoming elections on the continent.

  • @salvador@lemmy.world
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    The information that reveals the ugliness and hypocrisy of Europe and US always gets called misinformation

    • @MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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      You are correct in the sense that things demonstrating hypocrisy are mislabeled and hidden on purpose but we’re talking about the much larger circle on this Venn diagram of any kind of misinformation.

    • @EatATaco@lemm.ee
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      91 year ago

      Great mindless edgy soundbite, but this is patently false if given any type of thought.

    • @Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
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      01 year ago

      Noooo western media is credible and never lies. Free Palestine is Anti Semitic. Press freedom shut down all alternative platforms denying this!!!

  • @einfach_orangensaft@feddit.de
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    91 year ago

    noncredible take: musk is a us gov sock puppet and if x is like this then its because that allowes 3 letter agencys to lure certein ppl in security to speak so they can be tracked better.

    • @MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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      101 year ago

      This would be plausible if there weren’t so many examples of the FBI utterly failing to pick up on strings of red flags on social media.

      • @einfach_orangensaft@feddit.de
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        -21 year ago

        u saying there isnt the all seeing eye of the 3 letter agencys on everone online?

        we may be biassed cause we only hear about those who slip thru the cracks

        • @MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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          Why should it be acceptable for them to spy on everyone if they’re not even going to successfully catch people who openly declare they will be violent, for days before the event? When people called the FBI to inform them the person might do something, the FBI responded with, “they’re already on a list”.

          Yea… no. If they aren’t catching ALL of the blatantly obvious ones … fuck them. You don’t get to run the show and then shit the bed.

  • @giacomo@lemm.ee
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    191 year ago

    Twitter has always been the platform of smooth brains. It’s not surprising it is all full of shit.

    • WashedOver
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      21 year ago

      I watched a recent clip of Musk from the Rogan podcast. He was asked if regrets buying it. He felt it was his duty in a way as it was run by extreme left wing types that banned everything from less extreme left wing through the center to the far right. Musk said they were censoring a lot of right wing views. He said when you are that far left anything including regular left is too far right for moderation.

      It seems like they have abandoned most moderation now expect for the things he doesn’t like. It’s not free speech for all like they claim.

      I’m fine with him moderating his social media platform the way he likes since he bought it, but don’t claim its totally free speech and then do what he has been doing. I’m not a fan of the misinformation being shared there either but I don’t expect them to be as good of a resource for open and free information anyways. There’s plenty of other places for that, which are not governed by social media reaction metrics.

    • Don Escobar
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      221 year ago

      Sometimes saying the dumb take out loud doesn’t pan out fyi

    • @Treczoks@lemmy.world
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      221 year ago

      On the contrary. He would have felt the pain of the law from day one. Nearly everything about him that was in the news: the way he treated employees, the ways he kicked them out, the neglect in tackling hate speech - anthing of that would have led to serious time in court. At least the last will lead to expensive penalties, that’s why Musk gets warnings and final warnings now. The law requires that he gets warned before he gets fined, and EU fines are hefty.

      • @sugarfree@lemmy.world
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        -261 year ago

        They would be happy to have him in the EU and the regulatory approach would be much more light touch. Him being an American means that they believe they have free range for the most stringent interpretations and harshest punishments.

        • @SweatyFireBalls@lemmy.world
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          41 year ago

          Unless south Africa is also America he is in fact, not American. I don’t even want to start on all the other asinine things you’ve stated.

          • @NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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            11 year ago

            Elon is an American citizen so it’s perfectly acceptable to call him an American. We shouldn’t gatekeep that with birthright just cause he’s an ass.

            • @SweatyFireBalls@lemmy.world
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              21 year ago

              I’m an American living in Denmark and have done so for years, I love it here and have no intention of leaving. I’ve heavily considered giving up my citizenship in the US because I have no intention of returning, but I’m not Danish. Sometimes people say “you look Danish!” To me and internally I feel really uncomfortable. I wouldn’t even call myself European, honestly.

              However, that’s my opinion, and to be honest musk embraced the American way more than I ever did so he’s probably more American than I am. To each their own.

        • @Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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          81 year ago

          No, him being American gave him free range to do all the things he did, because Americans love worshipping rich people since everything can be bought there.

          If he lived in the EU, he would probably be in jail by now and had his assets seized for malpractice.

  • Obinice
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    -181 year ago

    Really? Are we sure it’s not our government?

  • @tswerts@lemmy.world
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    21 year ago

    When Twitter was Twitter the same concerns were outed. Now X is Twitter minus 80% of its employees. From an economic standpoint it seems that investing in moderation doesn’t give you less concerns and complaints from the outside regarding disinformation, more extreme content, … . The advertisers have the most impact, I think. Together with the users that will look for an alternative.

  • @Vant@lemm.ee
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    21 year ago

    Just cut Russia off from the global internet at this point. Cut all the undersea and underground cables, change the passwords on the satellites, cut them off anyway you can. Yeah, it’s sad for the decent people who have to live in that hellhole, but at this point I just don’t care.