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JD Vance says US could veto NATO if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk’s platforms (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] disguy_ovahea 47 points 1 month ago

Either they allow Musk to influence their elections or NATO will be disbanded.

Honestly, NATO isn’t going to see much support in the next four years. The EU should just flip ‘em the bird and ban Xitter entirely.

Protecting your election is more important than holding your breath for Trump’s support unless you’re Russia, Turkey, Israel, North Korea, or China.

[–] MisterNeon 44 points 1 month ago

I hate this fucking timeline.

[–] lemmylommy 24 points 1 month ago

Go fuck a couch

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

It appears putin won the US elections without even being on the ballots 🤷

[–] PugJesus 15 points 1 month ago

What a fascist cunt.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Well he also compared Trump to Hitler and called him an idiot so maybe we should take it under consideration.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No need to ban or regulate xhitter. Just abandon the platform

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

As much as that sounds good, it's such an entrenched social media that most everyone uses to the point where alternatives don't have anywhere near enough people to convince people to leave.

Closest we'll probably ever see is either threads or bluesky.

[–] Evotech 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not in europe

Less people use xitter in Norway then teletext for instance

[–] officermike 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I wonder how our defense contractors would feel about us leaving NATO.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Depends how much elon and the other billionaires who own the government offer them, probably..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Not nearly as happy as European defense contractors.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This fuckhead is going to be president...

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

*Is President.

Trump will be wheeled out to spew nonsense while Vance and the 2025ivers run the show.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Is completely blocking necessarily a form of regulation? Maybe we just have a buggy switch or something, or a shark bit the twatter cable.

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

Just do it, rip off the bandaid. We will just strengthen our internal ties and shift away from the US to form a stronger European continent.