Elon Musk takes over Twitter

[August]

Originally Posted by Platapus

What I find most surprising is that there are people who don't understanding that Musk is a self-serving, self-promoting, lying jerk.

In other words he's just human like the rest of us right? What makes him any worse than all the others in his position?

[u crank]

It appears like the previous owner may have lied to Congress.

[Dargo]

Originally Posted by August

In other words he's just human like the rest of us right? What makes him any worse than all the others in his position?

That Elon is not like the rest of us, he is of the class that think they can do everything he could have saved like 39.999 billion dollars if he just went to therapy instead of buying twitter. This week he attack the main thing Twitter is used for getting news there is a whole business model created by twitter for that news organizations are now considering a range of options to respond pulling coverage from Twitter, stop its advertising on the platform or dropping out of the Amplify program, in which they post videos to twitter and share in the revenue, or simply asking their staffers to stop contributing to the service. Elon thinks it is a smart idea to replace that with a kind of social credit score, like in China.

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by Dargo

That Elon is not like the rest of us, he is of the class that think they can do everything he could have saved like 39.999 billion dollars if he just went to therapy instead of buying twitter. This week he attack the main thing Twitter is used for getting news there is a whole business model created by twitter for that news organizations are now considering a range of options to respond pulling coverage from Twitter, stop its advertising on the platform or dropping out of the Amplify program, in which they post videos to twitter and share in the revenue, or simply asking their staffers to stop contributing to the service. Elon thinks it is a smart idea to replace that with a kind of social credit score, like in China.

Social credit scores like China? Hmmm wonder what opened the door for that too happen? It’s a perfect addition to lock downs, forced vaccination of children with experimental drugs, and making 2nd opinions contrary to the party officials illegal. Just like in China.

And some people think Elon is the crazy one.

[Dargo]

We recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter. Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post. We still allow cross-posting content from any social media platform. Posting links or usernames to social media platforms not listed above are also not in violation of this policy. https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/s...31261791522817

This goes against Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act the EU also states that this will mean sanctions against Twitter.

[August]

Originally Posted by Dargo

We recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter. Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post. We still allow cross-posting content from any social media platform. Posting links or usernames to social media platforms not listed above are also not in violation of this policy. https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/s...31261791522817

This goes against Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act the EU also states that this will mean sanctions against Twitter.

Really? Europeans mandate that media companies must allow competitors to advertise on their platforms for free? Interesting.

[Ostfriese]

Eh, we are talking about users posting and using the links, that's not advertising by another company.

There are -at least- two serious problems for Twitter with this new rule:

1) It contains a clause ("We recognize that certain social media platforms provide alternative experiences to Twitter, and allow users to post content to Twitter from these platforms. In general, any type of cross-posting to our platform is not in violation of this policy, even from the prohibited sites listed above.") that basically nullifies the "rule". This basically makes Twitter decide whether things are according to the law or not - not the judicative/executive.
It's like "Welcome to my house, once you are here I will decide whether you are a guest or a burglar.", and your behaviour has little, if any, influence on the decision.

2) Removing links to other webpages (as long as no laws are violated) would make Twitter an editorial media and no longer a social media platform - which would in turn mean that Twitter becomes liable for any illegal content.

August, to give you a chance of reconsidering your previous posting: the Communication Decency Act and it's Section 230, mentioned by Dargo, are actually US laws (47 U.S.C. §230), not European laws.

[August]

Originally Posted by Ostfriese

August, to give you a chance of reconsidering your previous posting: the Communication Decency Act and it's Section 230, mentioned by Dargo, are actually US laws (47 U.S.C. §230), not European laws.

Well gee whiz thanks for the chance but my question stands. Point to where in either set of laws it mandates that a business has to allow competitors to advertise on their property.