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Will the EU build something like china's great firewall, if twitter doesn't censor enough?
by amadeuspagel 4y ago
Will the EU build something like china's great firewall, if twitter doesn't censor enough?
- lzooz 4y agoI assume that they will make it impossible for EU citizens to access the website like they did with rt.com without even a court order.
- amadeuspagel 4y agoI'm in the EU and I can access rt.com. Just checked.
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- malermeister 4y agoI think they'll just fine them, as per EU law.
- amadeuspagel 4y agoWell that just begs the question what happens if twitter doesn't pay these fines. Will they build a great firewall then?
- malermeister 4y agoPeople will go to jail.
- bavell 4y agoFor not censoring "enough"? Yikes, so much for democracy...
- malermeister 4y agoWe democratically voted for governments that made those rules to be followed by people doing business here. Not sure how that is supposed to be undemocratic.
- bavell 4y agoHow can a society course-correct without confronting dissent? The sphere of "acceptable" discourse seems to shrink by the day. Putting on my cynical hat, I could imagine powerful interests using this opportunity to consolidate their power and silence their opposition under the guide of "prevention mis/dis/malinformation" - it's a slippery slope which is easy to abuse if not careful in our approach. This is what I meant by "so much for democracy". I very much hope I'm wrong :)
- coutego 4y agoWe tried free speech on the 20s and 30s. Didn't go well.
- torben-friis 4y ago>Putting on my cynical hat, I could imagine powerful interests using this opportunity to consolidate their power and silence their opposition under the guide of "prevention mis/dis/malinformation" A powerful monopoly can do the same thing, and you don’t get to vote on their board. Why is that any less dangerous?
- bavell 4y agoIt's slightly less dangerous because they don't have guns. Still very dangerous though!
- sieabahlpark 4y ago
- scarecrowbob 4y agoIf I put off paying parking tickets long enough they'll put me in jail. That's how laws work. At least for most of us peons. Yikes... so much for democracy.
- amadeuspagel 4y agoElon Musk, next time he travels to europe? Every twitter employee?
- malermeister 4y agoEither?
- amadeuspagel 4y agoWhy do you think that the CCP built the great firewall, rather then threatening to throw anyone on earth who says anything that offends them, or who enables other to say things that offend them, into prison?
- bawolff 4y agoThey will either have their eu assets frozen or have to leave the eu. Given that twitter has a large presence in EU, leaving doesn't seem viable so they will probably pay the fine.
- tjpnz 4y agoThe EU will just prevent their own citizens from purchasing subscriptions and ads. If anyone's going to block the site in the EU it would be Twitter themselves.
- BaseballPhysics 4y agoA less politically charged framing would be: The EU would, quite rightly, prevent Twitter from operating as a business in their jurisdiction due to their refusal to conform to EU regulations. That would then prevent Twitter from charging customers in those geographies (whether those customers are advertisers or users). And given the EU economy is one of the largest in the world, that could seriously impede Twitter's revenue potential.