So the EU has decided to fine the social platform formerly known as Twitter-

[Rebel5soul]

$150 Billion dollars for not turning over their user details and refusing to allow the EU to curate content. Not surprisingly two events came of this. First Musk basically said, "go fuck yourself" and secondly sign-ups on X have skyrocketed. X is no the largest social platform in the EU.

But WAIT, there's more. Musk has initiated a ground swell to dismantle the EU altogether. Granted, it's a populist movement but it has the 'boys in Brussels' terrified. Along with that the new US "National Security Strategy" has identified Europe as in the process of committing cultural suicide and is pointedly decoupling from Europe. One of the specific items in the Strategy document is the mention of Europe turning away from the notion of "Freedom of Speech" thus rendering them incompatible with any long term US goals or support.

Now the question is, "How is Europe going to react to all of the above?"

 

[colddiesel]

$150 Billion dollars for not turning over their user details and refusing to allow the EU to curate content. Not surprisingly two events came of this. First Musk basically said, "go fuck yourself" and secondly sign-ups on X have skyrocketed. X is no the largest social platform in the EU.

But WAIT, there's more. Musk has initiated a ground swell to dismantle the EU altogether. Granted, it's a populist movement but it has the 'boys in Brussels' terrified. Along with that the new US "National Security Strategy" has identified Europe as in the process of committing cultural suicide and is pointedly decoupling from Europe. One of the specific items in the Strategy document is the mention of Europe turning away from the notion of "Freedom of Speech" thus rendering them incompatible with any long term US goals or support.

Now the question is, "How is Europe going to react to all of the above?"

Europe is gunna be deeply impressed with the American ideal of free speech - the instant the Epstein files are published.

 

[Rebel5soul]

"It's going to snow today."

"But, but, Epstein files, Epstein files!"

 

[MajorRewrite]

$150 Billion dollars for not turning over their user details and refusing to allow the EU to curate content. Not surprisingly two events came of this. First Musk basically said, "go fuck yourself" and secondly sign-ups on X have skyrocketed. X is no the largest social platform in the EU.

But WAIT, there's more. Musk has initiated a ground swell to dismantle the EU altogether. Granted, it's a populist movement but it has the 'boys in Brussels' terrified. Along with that the new US "National Security Strategy" has identified Europe as in the process of committing cultural suicide and is pointedly decoupling from Europe. One of the specific items in the Strategy document is the mention of Europe turning away from the notion of "Freedom of Speech" thus rendering them incompatible with any long term US goals or support.

Now the question is, "How is Europe going to react to all of the above?"

$140 million, not $150 billion.

And do you really think the EU cares that Elon Musk is throwing a tantrum?

Elon Musk has called for the European Union to be abolished after the bloc fined his social media company X 120 million euros ($140 million) for a “deceptive” blue checkmark and lack of transparency of its advertising repository.

The decision to fine X has “nothing to do with content moderation,” said Regnier. “The decision is about transparency provisions for citizens in the European Union.”

 

[MajorRewrite]

More details direct from the EU. It doesn’t include anything about “curating content” or restricting freedom of speech.

Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The breaches include the deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark', the lack of transparency of its advertising repository, and the failure to provide access to public data for researchers.

Deceptive design of X's ‘blue checkmark'​

X's use of the ‘blue checkmark' for ‘verified accounts' deceives users. This violates the DSA obligation for online platforms to prohibit deceptive design practices on their services. On X, anyone can pay to obtain the ‘verified' status without the company meaningfully verifying who is behind the account, making it difficult for users to judge the authenticity of accounts and content they engage with. This deception exposes users to scams, including impersonation frauds, as well as other forms of manipulation by malicious actors. While the DSA does not mandate user verification, it clearly prohibits online platforms from falsely claiming that users have been verified, when no such verification took place.

Lack of transparency of X's ads repository​

X's advertisement repository fails to meet the transparency and accessibility requirements of the DSA. Accessible and searchable ad repositories are critical for researchers and civil society to detect scams, hybrid threat campaigns, coordinated information operations and fake advertisements.

X incorporates design features and access barriers, such as excessive delays in processing, which undermine the purpose of ad repositories. X's ads repository also lacks critical information, such as the content and topic of the advertisement, as well as the legal entity paying for it. This hinders researchers and the public to independently scrutinise any potential risks in online advertising.

Failure to provide researchers access to public data​

X fails to meet its DSA obligations to provide researchers with access to the platform's public data. For instance, X's terms of service prohibit eligible researchers from independently accessing its public data, including through scraping. Moreover, X's processes for researchers' access to public data impose unnecessary barriers, effectively undermining research into several systemic risks in the European Union.

 

[Philthy_Phil]

"It's going to snow today."

"But, but, Epstein files, Epstein files!"

Yeah, who cares about pedophiles running the country? You fucking goof.

 

[Chadrone]

Europe is gunna be deeply impressed with the American ideal of free speech - the instant the Epstein files are published.

When you're triggered as fuck but don't actaully have anything of substance to add beyond your TDS.

 

[Chadrone]

Yeah, who cares about pedophiles running the country? You fucking goof.

Democrats never minded as long as it was a Democrat pedo.

They still mad Hillary didn't get her turn.

 

[Rebel5soul]

$140 million, not $150 billion.

And do you really think the EU cares that Elon Musk is throwing a tantrum?

Not to worry, it will be billions soon enough. Call it the "Hungarian Remedy." I can't wait to see how the 'Boys in Brussels' enforce the issue. It's not as if all European internet traffic runs through a portal in Brussels.

As far as the 'Boys in Brussels' not caring, quite untrue. The pompous, one might even say imperious, unelected, unaccountable, bastards will escalate assuming they have all the power. And that's when this whole side show will get interesting.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Not to worry, it will be billions soon enough. Call it the "Hungarian Remedy." I can't wait to see how the 'Boys in Brussels' enforce the issue. It's not as if all European internet traffic runs through a portal in Brussels.

As far as the 'Boys in Brussels' not caring, quite untrue. The pompous, one might even say imperious, unelected, unaccountable, bastards will escalate assuming they have all the power. And that's when this whole side show will get interesting.

Once again, you’re fantasizing and becoming upset about the things you fantasized.

iT WiLL be BilliOnS SooN enOuGh
wiLL eScAlAte

 

[Lazaran]

Once again, you’re fantasizing and becoming upset about the things you fantasized.

iT WiLL be BilliOnS SooN enOuGh
wiLL eScAlAte

ThEIr eAtiNG tEh DOgs ThEIr eAtiNG tEh CAts…



Fucking MAGAts…



We. Told. Them. So.

 

[Rightguide]

$150 Billion dollars for not turning over their user details and refusing to allow the EU to curate content. Not surprisingly two events came of this. First Musk basically said, "go fuck yourself" and secondly sign-ups on X have skyrocketed. X is no the largest social platform in the EU.

But WAIT, there's more. Musk has initiated a ground swell to dismantle the EU altogether. Granted, it's a populist movement but it has the 'boys in Brussels' terrified. Along with that the new US "National Security Strategy" has identified Europe as in the process of committing cultural suicide and is pointedly decoupling from Europe. One of the specific items in the Strategy document is the mention of Europe turning away from the notion of "Freedom of Speech" thus rendering them incompatible with any long term US goals or support.

Now the question is, "How is Europe going to react to all of the above?"

The reason the EU is trying to shut down X in Europe is that it is now the largest source of news in Europe, and that scares the elites trying to subjugate their people with a foreign invasion and totalitarian policies that undermine Western Civilization. The current governments of Hungary, Poland, Austria, Slovakia, and Italy are in total opposition to the mass immigration policies of the left-leaning governments in Europe. The opposition parties of many of the other European nations are against these mass immigration plans, which they now understand to be a war against the native people of Europe by elite globalists.

 

[Wilson23]

Yeah, who cares about pedophiles running the country? You fucking goof.

Weeelllll . . . there is a difference, and it matters, between pedophilia and ephebophilia. Nobody is really shocked by the idea that Prince Andrew or Bill Clinton or Donald Trumo had sex with a teenage girl. They would feel very differently if the girls in question were pre-pubescent.

 

[Rebel5soul]

The reason the EU is trying to shut down X in Europe is that it is now the largest source of news in Europe, and that scares the elites trying to subjugate their people with a foreign invasion and totalitarian policies that undermine Western Civilization. The current governments of Hungary, Poland, Austria, Slovakia, and Italy are in total opposition to the mass immigration policies of the left-leaning governments in Europe. The opposition parties of many of the other European nations are against these mass immigration plans, which they now understand to be a war against the native people of Europe by elite globalists.

If they got their hands on the user data then they could be like Starmer in the UK.

 

[DeluxAuto]

Not to worry, it will be billions soon enough. Call it the "Hungarian Remedy." I can't wait to see how the 'Boys in Brussels' enforce the issue. It's not as if all European internet traffic runs through a portal in Brussels.

As far as the 'Boys in Brussels' not caring, quite untrue. The pompous, one might even say imperious, unelected, unaccountable, bastards will escalate assuming they have all the power. And that's when this whole side show will get interesting.

You fucked up your own thread, shit for brains

 

[Rightguide]

If they got their hands on the user data then they could be like Starmer in the UK.

Rubio reacted to the X issue.

"The State Department has instructed U.S. consular officers to apply heightened scrutiny to visa applicants for H-1B visas and reject anyone found to have participated in "censorship or attempted censorship" of protected speech in the United States. This policy applies to roles like content moderation, fact-checking, and compliance, which could affect individuals working in the tech sector, including Europeans."

 

[DeluxAuto]

When you're triggered as fuck but don't actaully have anything of substance to add beyond your TDS.

He didn't mention trump, dipshit.

 

[HisArpy]

Rubio reacted to the X issue.

"The State Department has instructed U.S. consular officers to apply heightened scrutiny to visa applicants for H-1B visas and reject anyone found to have participated in "censorship or attempted censorship" of protected speech in the United States. This policy applies to roles like content moderation, fact-checking, and compliance, which could affect individuals working in the tech sector, including Europeans."

Ouch. If your gov goes along with the whole censorship regime and you're a techie, you're not getting an H-1B visa, even if you never personally did anything, because you're going to have to prove you didn't break your nation's law regarding censorship. You're fucked either way.

 

[Rebel5soul]

Ouch. If your gov goes along with the whole censorship regime and you're a techie, you're not getting an H-1B visa, even if you never personally did anything, because you're going to have to prove you didn't break your nation's law regarding censorship. You're fucked either way.

Yep, shit flows down hill.............Civil Eng. 101.

 

[Wilson23]

The reason the EU is trying to shut down X in Europe is that it is now the largest source of news in Europe, and that scares the elites trying to subjugate their people with a foreign invasion and totalitarian policies that undermine Western Civilization.

Nobody is doing that. You do realize, don't you, that the whole Eurabia thing is dishonest nonsense?

 

[Rotadom]

$150 Billion dollars for not turning over their user details and refusing to allow the EU to curate content.

$140 million, not $150 billion.

Typical DOGE rounding error.

 

[Philthy_Phil]

Weeelllll . . . there is a difference, and it matters, between pedophilia and ephebophilia. Nobody is really shocked by the idea that Prince Andrew or Bill Clinton or Donald Trumo had sex with a teenage girl. They would feel very differently if the girls in question were pre-pubescent.

Quiet, pedo.

 

[DeluxAuto]

Let's see what our senile pedo president has to say about the EU...

 

[Chadrone]

He didn't mention trump, dipshit.

He doesn't have to, dipshit.

 

[DeluxAuto]

He doesn't have to, dipshit.

Good job admitting that trump is the most prolific pedo on the Epstein List, Chanbot.