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https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1811783320839008381 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1811783320839008381 """ The European Commission offered an illegal secret dea

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1811783320839008381 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1811783320839008381 """ The European Commission offered an illegal secret deal: if we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us. The other platforms accepted that deal. X did not. """

FirmwareBurner 1y ago
So the EC are the bad guys masquerading as free speech loving democracy?
FireBeyond 1y ago
And as we all know, Elon is physically unable to lie. Of course there's no actual evidence for this "illegal secret deal". -- sent from the front seat of my FSD-based unmanned Robotaxi
- FirmwareBurner 1y ago
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  - FireBeyond 1y ago
    When I look for the group "most likely to call Elon out on his (copious, regular) 'actual lies'", "EU politicians" isn't the group I go to. > But they all staid 100% silent on this. Speaking of "actual lies", this is one. > Firing back on X, the [European] commissioner [for Internal Market Thierry Breton] denied the existence of a secret deal and said no such bargain had been made with any other platforms: > Be our guest @elonmusk > There has never been — and will never be — any “secret deal”. With anyone. > The DSA provides X (and any large platform) with the possibility to offer commitments to settle a case. > To be extra clear: it’s YOUR team who asked the Commission to explain the process for settlement and to clarify our concerns. > We did it in line with established regulatory procedures. Up to you to decide whether to offer commitments or not. That is how rule of law procedures work. > See you (in court or not). Source: https://x.com/ThierryBreton/status/1811811489889517697 https://x.com/ThierryBreton/status/1811811489889517697 So I'm inclined to believe Elon lied, as he does with painful monotony. Especially when, oh yeah, when Elon and X were asked to respond to this... they didn't.

FirmwareBurner 1y ago

So the EC are the bad guys masquerading as free speech loving democracy?

FireBeyond 1y ago

And as we all know, Elon is physically unable to lie. Of course there's no actual evidence for this "illegal secret deal". -- sent from the front seat of my FSD-based unmanned Robotaxi

FirmwareBurner 1y ago
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- FireBeyond 1y ago
  When I look for the group "most likely to call Elon out on his (copious, regular) 'actual lies'", "EU politicians" isn't the group I go to. > But they all staid 100% silent on this. Speaking of "actual lies", this is one. > Firing back on X, the [European] commissioner [for Internal Market Thierry Breton] denied the existence of a secret deal and said no such bargain had been made with any other platforms: > Be our guest @elonmusk > There has never been — and will never be — any “secret deal”. With anyone. > The DSA provides X (and any large platform) with the possibility to offer commitments to settle a case. > To be extra clear: it’s YOUR team who asked the Commission to explain the process for settlement and to clarify our concerns. > We did it in line with established regulatory procedures. Up to you to decide whether to offer commitments or not. That is how rule of law procedures work. > See you (in court or not). Source: https://x.com/ThierryBreton/status/1811811489889517697 https://x.com/ThierryBreton/status/1811811489889517697 So I'm inclined to believe Elon lied, as he does with painful monotony. Especially when, oh yeah, when Elon and X were asked to respond to this... they didn't.