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Re: Elon Musk Deal to Buy Twitter Is Done, Musk Appears to Confirm
« Reply #50 on: April 26, 2022, 08:44:55 pm »
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Looking forward to people being able to say controversial stuff on Twitter again like "men can't give birth" or "all lives matter".

11:44 AM · Apr 26, 2022·Twitter for Android
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Re: Elon Musk Deal to Buy Twitter Is Done, Musk Appears to Confirm
« Reply #51 on: April 26, 2022, 08:48:20 pm »
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If Musk pulls this off he'll have offered more value to the right than all elected GOP politicians of the past 20 years combined

3:42 PM · Apr 26, 2022·Twitter Web App
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Re: Elon Musk Deal to Buy Twitter Is Done, Musk Appears to Confirm
« Reply #52 on: April 26, 2022, 08:52:53 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on April 26, 2022, 08:44:55 pm
Burgess Owens
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Looking forward to people being able to say controversial stuff on Twitter again like "men can't give birth" or "all lives matter".

11:44 AM · Apr 26, 2022·Twitter for Android

Oh the Horror!  The woke will be in tears.
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Re: Elon Musk Deal to Buy Twitter Is Done, Musk Appears to Confirm
« Reply #53 on: April 26, 2022, 08:59:59 pm »
EU warns Elon Musk over Twitter moderation plans
Financial Times, Apr 26, 2022

Brussels has warned Elon Musk that Twitter must comply with the EU’s new digital rules under his ownership, or risk hefty fines or even a ban, setting the stage for a global regulatory battle over the future of the social media platform.

Thierry Breton, the EU’s commissioner for the internal market, told the Financial Times that Musk must follow rules on moderating illegal and harmful content online after Twitter accepted the billionaire’s $44bn takeover offer.

Breton said: “We welcome everyone. We are open but on our conditions. At least we know what to tell him: ‘Elon, there are rules. You are welcome but these are our rules. It’s not your rules which will apply here.’”



More:  https://www.ft.com/content/22f66209-f5b2-4476-8cdb-de4befffebe5
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Re: Elon Musk Deal to Buy Twitter Is Done, Musk Appears to Confirm
« Reply #54 on: April 26, 2022, 09:34:33 pm »
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Re: Elon Musk Deal to Buy Twitter Is Done, Musk Appears to Confirm
« Reply #55 on: April 26, 2022, 09:43:42 pm »
I have kept my Twitter account.
About 1/2 my followers disappeared over time, but I have about 50% more that I am following than I did just 24 hours ago.
A lot of people have come back that I was following.
Haven't quite figured it all out yet.
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Re: Elon Musk Deal to Buy Twitter Is Done, Musk Appears to Confirm
« Reply #56 on: April 26, 2022, 10:01:31 pm »
Quote from: GrouchoTex on April 26, 2022, 09:43:42 pm
I have kept my Twitter account.
About 1/2 my followers disappeared over time, but I have about 50% more that I am following than I did just 24 hours ago.
A lot of people have come back that I was following.
Haven't quite figured it all out yet.
Maybe those of us on Twitter should follow each other. @LDreeniatnuom
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Re: Elon Musk Deal to Buy Twitter Is Done, Musk Appears to Confirm
« Reply #57 on: April 26, 2022, 10:02:59 pm »
From post 53:
"Brussels has warned Elon Musk that Twitter must comply with the EU’s new digital rules under his ownership, or risk hefty fines or even a ban, setting the stage for a global regulatory battle over the future of the social media platform."

I sense that Mr. Musk has plans to teach the Europeans a thing or two about "free speech".

What happens in Europe may be even more interesting in the twitter saga than what is happening here now...
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Re: Elon Musk Deal to Buy Twitter Is Done, Musk Appears to Confirm
« Reply #58 on: April 26, 2022, 10:03:31 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on April 25, 2022, 08:55:07 pm
IMHO, this isn't 'over' by a longshot.

1) There will be severe restructuring of the sale price once Musk proves that 50% of Twitter accounts are phony.

2) The sellers of Twitter will sabotage the algorithms in an attempt to hide that fact.

3) They will take the proceeds and startup a new site for which current Socialists are fleeing Twitter.

4) Rumble is the one that is tremendously hurt by this sale.  It was to be an alternate choice for a "free speech" platform.
About Rumble, You Tube is still banning videos, and Fecebook will be hostile territory for a long time.
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Re: Elon Musk Deal to Buy Twitter Is Done, Musk Appears to Confirm
« Reply #59 on: April 26, 2022, 10:05:04 pm »
Can't wait for Musk to reveal the algorithm Twitter has been using to censor Conservatives.
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Re: Elon Musk Deal to Buy Twitter Is Done, Musk Appears to Confirm
« Reply #60 on: April 26, 2022, 10:28:10 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on April 26, 2022, 10:05:04 pm
Can't wait for Musk to reveal the algorithm Twitter has been using to censor Conservatives.
I'm sure that algorithm, along with hundreds of other nefarious monitoring/tracking subroutines, is already gone.
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Re: Elon Musk Deal to Buy Twitter Is Done, Musk Appears to Confirm
« Reply #61 on: May 04, 2022, 03:43:36 am »
Quote from: 240B on April 26, 2022, 10:28:10 pm
I'm sure that algorithm, along with hundreds of other nefarious monitoring/tracking subroutines, is already gone.
It's probably in the hands of the DHS by now.
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