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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.

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[–] MotoAsh 120 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"Excellent", responds Musk to himself.

[–] jordanlund 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Musk looks at Facebook and Nextdoor... "WE'RE #1! WE'RE #1!"

[–] pirat 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never heard of Nextdoor. What is that?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I briefly used it. It connects you to all of your neighbors. It's good for knowing what's going on in your community.

[–] Daft_ish 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also good for finding out how many racists live near you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nextdoor? Is misinformation really being spread on a physical community app? "We had a package thief last week. I know they're tied to Hunter Biden and the Democrats! MAGA 2024!!!!"

[–] jordanlund 5 points 1 year ago

Oh, you would be shocked. Lots of vaccine disinfo for example.

[–] seaQueue 15 points 1 year ago

I mean, someone needs to engage with the bots on that platform and he's certainly not going to pay someone else to do it.

[–] Substance_P 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Strokes cat and maniacally proclaims .. . 43 BILLION dollars! Mwahaha..

[–] seaQueue 100 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is the crispest Pikachu face I have ever seen.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That's some high res looking pikachu, i stole it.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fine the fuckers till the fuckers ain't fine.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am absolutely shocked, I tell you. Shocked.

[–] joel_feila 4 points 1 year ago

Well not that shocked

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

They used to moderate. Scientific discussion there was also top tier

[–] YoBuckStopsHere 5 points 1 year ago

Twitter could be a very different experience depending on who you followed. That's not the case anymore.

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[–] rob_t_firefly 14 points 1 year ago

And the article ends in the author's Follow me on Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Don't forget people discussing the virtues of Nazism openly!

[–] Synthead 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't you hate it when you're trying to type and your Enter key transforms into a Fake News key?

[email protected]

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[–] clearleaf 11 points 1 year ago

Every X user: Yeah you tell em! Huh? Me? No I use the good parts.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Then stop using it? 😅 Promote your own instance and delete every EU government account on Twitter. Cowards.

[–] uis 5 points 1 year ago

FYI: ~~x.org~~ I mean x.com is blocked in Russia by roscomnadzor. Here's to-fuck-list:

  1. Putin
  2. Musk
  3. Spez
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