Musk considers removing X platform from Europe over EU law - Insider

He should remove it from all countries. What a rich dumbass.

What do we need to do to get him to remove it from America?

Do it. Go on, do it. A real man would do it.

Do it! Do it! Do it!

As a Brit, I've never been more angry at Brexit than right now, when we could have been on the cusp of losing access to Twitter. I'd have been free from the temptation to lurk occasionally, but noooooo, the fucking Tories had to go and "Get Brexit Done" and so we have to still live in a world where I feel compelled to go over there and gawk at the mess.

Bastards.

Don't threaten me with a good time!

... and he believed, I mean, really believed, that would be some kind of threat!

LMFAO!!

lol please do it.

Europe: “oh no! Anyway…” Me: “Do America next!”

pls dont get my hopes up

Don't threaten us with a good time

Fucking do it.

Please do, and I would like to add a few more (only 180 more) countries where you should quit...

Do it. It is perceived much differently than government blocking site, speaking from experience. When cenzorship agency blocks something, people seek ways to be there, when something pulls out of country, people say good riddance.

Do. It.

Oh no! anyway…

As an European just do it! This will spur a move from a lot of people to the fediverse.

Do it, coward

Looks like the European laws actually protects us digitally!

Imagine the world super power Europe would become,with no twitter, Facebook, instagram and til tok...

Don't threaten us with good time, Elon.

Also no way he is going through. He is way too much in financial hole to give up European market. Like Google or Meta, sure they have the financial standing to maybe pull such move and survive.

Xitter? They need every visitor and account they can have globally to even think about staying viable.

Empty bluster and pointless empty bluster, since EU would just go "fine. Our continental economy or prosperity doesn't depend on your social media company. Social media isn't a critical industry, so we are just fine with you leaving. Plus there is 10 others like you anyway".

You can't threaten people with something that doesn't damage them and heck might be seen as benefit.

finally some good news!

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Don't be a cock tease elin just pull out already

Dear musk, you don’t have to consider, you can just remove X from rest of the world

Yes, please!

Oh no! Anyway

As a European, I'm begging you, Elon. PLEASE remove X from Europe. Thank you!

Please, please, please, do it

Meta might as well ban the usage of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and of course the Meta Quest headsets from being used in the EU. Oh, and all Google products as well (maybe except YouTube). We are so close to a new tomorrow.

I guess EU citizens are just gonna move to Norway if they wanna use those services (I'd assume VPN usage would be blocked as well)

So should we call this Xexit or just Xit?

Yes please! Do it Mellon!

Good.

Can he do the US next?

Great! Please do it! All the harm you do to Twitter only helps mastodon grow.

I love mastodon and the growing fediverse.

Weren't they already threatening to ban it in the first place?

This has major "You can't fire me cause I quit!" energy

Do it, you spinless bag of dicks!

oh no.... anyway...

Can't wait

Maybe just turn it off for the good of all humanity, why stop at Europe?

how can I block lemmy from showing me 800 musk rage posts a day?

Given that Europe was talking about banning the app anyway, this strikes me as a you can't fire me I quit situation

Oh no.. anyways

Don't threaten me with a good time.

Man, now I wish the UK never left...

Please do it and convince Steve Huffman as well. The fediverse always welcomes more users.

Watching Musk and Twitter destroy each other has been my guilty pleasure for the last couple of months.

Hopefully that will get us another wave of users who have not really used reddit before and want to try something new.

Good riddance, I guess?

DOOOOOO EEEEEEEEEEEEET

That's a bold move Cotton ...

He should do it!

Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, is considering removing the service formerly called Twitter from Europe in response to a new internet platform regulation in the region, news site Insider reported on Wednesday.

Lucky them.

That sounds like a treat, not a threat!

Good riddance.

Please do it

Dooo it dooo it

So apart from paywall, we now have even a singupwall, fck that. Could you please next time just prntscrn whole article? It's matter of 10s..

I'm going to view this as a boon to the good people in Europe.

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Dude thinks he's so important that he can bully others into getting what he wants just by threatening to leave. Here's hoping the EU calls him on it. What do they have to lose? Twitter brings no value to anyone other than Musk these days.

Maybe the theory about the Saudis financing Musk to buy Twitter in order to kill it is not too far fetched afterall.

The DSA would nullify the entire point of buying twitter, forcing him to reveal exactly how he is using the platform to further his goals.

In addition to the liability exemptions, the DSA would introduce a wide-ranging set of new obligations on platforms, including some that aim to disclose to regulators how their algorithms work, while other obligations would create transparency on how decisions to remove content are taken

Do the stupid self destructive thing Elon, you know you want to.

Here's hoping Zuck will do the same! Garbage misinformation platforms, with all around lack of moderation, and value.

Please do so thanks

Translation; I'm going to throw a temper tantrum because the you're being mean to me after, someone who totally is not me, ruined my plaything that I was, forced to, buy.

Also I am totally wearing clothes, you're just too poor to see them.

Please do.

Bye.

Yay!

Jesus, who fucking cares?

kbye

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Oct 18 (Reuters) - Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, is considering removing the service formerly called Twitter from Europe in response to a new internet platform regulation in the region, news site Insider reported on Wednesday.

The billionaire has discussed removing the app's availability in the region, or blocking users in the European Union from accessing it, a person familiar with the company told the publication.

The European Union in August adopted the Digital Services Act (DSA), which sets forth rules for preventing the spread of harmful content, banning or limiting certain user-targeting practices, and sharing some internal data with regulators and associated researchers, among other things.

X did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

The original article contains 121 words, the summary contains 121 words. Saved 0%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

...is he flexing?

Come on man do it! DO IT!

DO IT

Why not just adapt to the new rules? Others have to do the same.

Do it do it do it do it

The bird died long ago. Time to bury it.

Remove it from North America too

Do it!

I dare you. I double dare you, motherfucker!

Please please please please do so

CHIIIIIIICKEN! Bork bork bork!

Oh shit, all we have to do is pass a law?!

Apparently, this news is not true, sadly.

Elmo said so himself on Xitter according to a Belgian news site.

Couldn't verify it though since I don't go on xitter.

He doesn't have a choice. He wants to keep the misinformation farm going.

If only Facebook would follow that lead. And others, too!

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oh no, the huge manatee

Yipeeeeee

A lot of these other comments seem upset. I don't care just as much I always didn't.

PLEASE DO!

I dare you. I double dare you, motherfucker!

I dare you. I double dare you, motherfucker!

Great, now do tesla too. Stupid Tesla chargers popping up around my country. I've got an aging nissan and want chademo damnit!