This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Many German officials have resisted calls to quit X, saying there was no substitute channel at present that would allow them to reach a broad section of the online public.
That's it right there - this line really emphasizes why Musky came up with the idea to buy the platform in the first place.
Tbh it has taken far longer than I expected but people do love their Xitter
I'm amazed that the EU or Germany still haven't blocked Twitter for that matter.
Only a matter of time…
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I finally deleted Twitter from my phone a couple weeks ago.
I only used it for porn for the last 3 years and hadn't been on in over a month but I saw an article on here and was curious. So I opened it up and looked to see how the porn situation was going. I was going to keep it around if I could find a bit of good porn. But I scrolled and scrolled down through my feed and I only had politics, bigots, ragebait, and hateporn. I hadn't realized it had gotten so bad... I also have no idea where all my porn creators fled to.
Oh well, nothing of value was lost.
Exact same reason why I still use Reddit via the web. Not because I like it but because I have porn there.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
FADA said hateful comments and disinformation had "increased particularly" since Tesla tycoon Elon Musk took over the platform formerly known as Twitter last year.
In a statement, FADA said there had been an "enormous increase" in anti-trans and homophobic hostility, racism, misogyny, anti-semitism and other misanthropic content.
Ataman said FADA could only try to combat the surge in hate comments by channeling more resources to the platform, which could be a questionable use of public money.
A rise in disinformation on the platform, with doctored images and misleading claims, has been reported since the Palestinian terror group Hamas launched a massive surprise attack on Israel on Saturday.
Many German officials have resisted calls to quit X, saying there was no substitute channel at present that would allow them to reach a broad section of the online public.
X said it had taken steps to curb the recent spread of inappropriate posts and that it had removed newly created Hamas-affiliated accounts to "prevent terrorist content from being distributed online."
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Shouldn't that be exactly why they don't leave the place they're "needed most?" Why exist solely to "preach to the saved?" The only reason Religion does that is to exploit the congregation out of their money.
Shouldn't the anti-racism group, like... Fight harder instead of just letting the racists have at it? 🤔
Making a statement by leaving a racist platform is fighting harder.
In what way? Even one of their own people is quoted in the article:
Ataman said FADA could only try to combat the surge in hate comments by channeling more resources to the platform, which could be a questionable use of public money.
Leaving the platform altogether isn't fighting against the discrimination or misinformation. They're more worried about how their agency would be perceived staying on the platform. This isn't a statement. It's giving up.
