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Europe’s sweeping rules for tech giants are about to kick in. Here’s how they work (english.elpais.com)
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[–] paintbucketholder 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

... if you're a fan of Elon boy, white supremacy, the alt-right, homophobia, "anti woke" propaganda, or making excuses for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Otherwise it's shite.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Clearly I meant good it's going offline.

[–] paintbucketholder 1 points 2 years ago

Clearly a lot of people didn't read it that way.

But yeah, I agree with you: ~~Twitter~~ X going offline in the EU would be nice.

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

Maybe (s)he meant good that it will be shut down in EU?

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

Yep, that exactly. I would actually be surprised there are a lot of people on the fediverse that actually like Twitter, but I have been surprised before.