Musk is told his platform, now known as X, must comply with new laws designed to combat fake news and Russian propaganda

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    Oh ffs, stop warning him, he already knows and still does not comply. He does not care. Just throw the hammer at him, this he will understand.

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    I really hope Elon given the ultimatum would go for the nuclear option and shut down Twitter in Europe.

    It wouldn’t even be out of character, I can imagine him vomiting some “free speech” nonsense on his way out.

    The company stock price would halve, but at the speed it is already going down it wouldn’t even register.

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      The company stock price would halve.

      Elon took it private, it doesn’t have a stock price anymore. But it does have a valuation, which is basically it’s appraisal value, and that’s already significantly lower than what he paid for it.

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        It was valued at roughtly a third but that was before the rebrand, now it’s probably quite a bit lower!

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    Don’t warn. Act. Fine him. It won’t hurt him much, but would generate additional funds for European needs. Actively create Fediverse accounts that interact with the public. And so on…

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    Why does anyone even still use it? I never saw the appeal even before the takeover, now it baffles me. It’s such a horrible interface

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    nothing like a stern warning to swiftly correct a billionaire megalomaniac destructive antics in my experience.

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    1 year ago

    I’ve been following Scott Adams (The Dilbert guy. No, not Jim Davis. The Dilbert guy!) and this is obviously misinformation and a hoax. The only accurate news comes from X. If you still get your news from the leftist media, you’re being brainwashed.

    (obviously sarcasm. Downvote me for following Adams, not for misunderstanding my sarcasm.)

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      Scott Adams? You mean the guy who writes books about obvious self-insert characters who are so much smarter than everyone else because they are influencers?

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        I was so Happy (capital intended) when he was featured on Behind the Bastards. I didn’t think he was interesting enough to merit even one episode, but now the host is reading Scott’s books, and they are complete dogshit.

        Scott’s rationalwiki entry is a joy to read.

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          I’m just not sure I get which part is sarcastic. Are you actually following him? Do you like the things he says or just want to see what his crazy ass is up to?

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            I follow him on Twitter, and I like the things he says, because he’s such a crackpot. His crazy ass doesn’t really do much except tweet and draw some pretty unfunny cartoons. Sometimes the garbage he says almost gets me to respond, then I remember I’m not supposed to tap on the glass.