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I bet they wouldn't say the same thing about Twitter. All the politicians that I'm aware of, exist only by their Twitter feed! Conversely, a lot of journalists

• jjulius 5y ago
  From the article we are discussing: >“After being hacked I’ve lived without Facebook and Twitter for four years and life has been fantastic,” German Economy Minister Robert Habeck told reporters at an event alongside French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire in Paris on Monday.
  • chrisseaton 5y ago
    > After being hacked Doesn't sound like the kind of technically competent person we should be taking advice from.
    • mvc 5y ago
      Words of someone who's never been a target.
    • jjulius 5y ago
      Technical competency is not a pre-requisite for being able to observe how your general life is impacted by using, or not using, a tech product.
• caf 5y ago
  Habeck literally did say it about Twitter in the same sentence.
• vanviegen 5y ago
  I think many politician would rather be rid of Twitter, but as their competitors are all there, they can't not be.
• Lio 5y ago
  My guess would be that if Facebook and Twitter pulled out of the EU market instead of complying privacy rules then some other organisation would step up to fill that void. It wouldn't even have to be an EU company just one that followed the rules willingly. I'd better that even worse than the loss of business neither Twitter or Facebook/Meta would like to see a competitor have access to a protected market of the size of the EU.