The EU can ban X and Facebook, and Poland should strive for it

( @Sunshine@lemmy.ca Please provide an English translation with future submissions )
- I’m sorry about that, next time I will include an English translation.
  
  Thanks!
- it's incredible how little information, especially subtext, survived this process
  
  Yeah, the Firefox machine translation is not the best, I was happy to have caught "anti-muscle offensive" (Firefox), or even worse, "anti-Muslim offensive" (DeepL). :) I did notice the inexplicable term Kharkorum but had no idea it could possibly mean AI-generated bread-horses.
  Thanks a lot for correcting it! (Though I want to be clear that human translations are not expected!)

And TikTok, please, while we're at it.

I don't think it's a bad plan, but I believe a good first step would be to close all government accounts on Twitter and open them on Mastodon instead. I'm talking about all levels of administration within the EU27. The impact on journalists, the press, reporters, and others would be massive.
- Each country should at the very least have an instance on it e.g. the BBC has one.
- I don’t understand why national offices (police, prime minister) use twitter to post news when it has consistently been the least popular social media according to the national statistics office.

This would be a fascinating social experiment.
Ban Twitter/Facebook while the US keeps them, and see how the populations of the two countries diverge.
Speaking as an American, it would also be awesome if the fediverse explodes in Europe, and the dominant topics/discussions shift to EU focused ones.
- I too would love less America and all my social media feeds...
  Signed Canada
  😁
  
  I feel the need to apologize for my country. Sorry!
- Speaking as an American, it would also be awesome if the fediverse explodes in Europe, and the dominant topics/discussions shift to EU focused ones.
  I’d certainly love this. I’ve blocked all American(-focused) communities to achieve this already. Honestly, I often feel Dutch people know more about US internal politics than those of the EU or even the Netherlands, and I’ve myself gotten a bit sick of 80% of the news I see being about America (even in traditional media I feel America takes up way too much space).
  I think in our media America should have a presence a bit bigger than China.
  
  Honestly I would love to be immersed in EU topics instead. Even some open Chinese discussion. I am ashamed of how much American politics blots out the sun atm, and the less attention our tantrums get the better.
  Shun us. Please, I am begging you, lol.
  
  Quickest way to avoid American content is to not use English.
  
  I'd like to know more about my european neighbors, too, but unfortunately, there's a language barrier and news reports in english that cover more than the most important stuff is not that common.
  We probably need more pan-european media to learn more about Europe.

Hilarious when both totalitarian and liberal countries do the same thing for different reasons. Really tickles my funny bone.

please be hero poland

Important note: Krytyka Polityczna is not impartial on matters related to the US as they were recipients of USAID money. It’s mostly a place for elites kids to write about the most pretentious crap like saving bogs, while ignoring issues of lower class.
I still subscribe because they reprint Varufakis and Zizek sometimes.

Here's hoping.

https://european-alternatives.eu/alternative-to/twitter
https://european-alternatives.eu/alternative-to/instagram

Twitter isn't even that popular in Europe, but there's absolutely no, not even the smallest chance it'll get banned.
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- Politicians seem to be the only ones using it. Works great as an containment area.
  
  Yeah, it ssems those tweets are not for the people, but for the media who can screenshot it and make a half-assed article about it.

Man on twitter says ban twitter
Donald Tusk
@donaldtusk
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6 Mar
The war, the geopolitical uncertainty and the new arms race started by Putin have left Europe with no choice. Europe must be ready for this race, and Russia will lose it like the Soviet Union 40 years ago. From today, Europe will arm itself more wisely and faster than Russia.

C'mon guys, it will just NEVER happen.

My guess is they won't ban it this easily

I'm against any banning. Not even X or Facebook.