He should remove it from all countries. What a rich dumbass.
this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2023
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What do we need to do to get him to remove it from America?
Join the EU.
Or pass their Digital Services Act and GDPR Laws in the USA.
Sadly, for the USA, each option is about as likely as the other.
Get New York and California to pass it. Might be enough. California has sort of done it lol
California is the EU of America.
I’d vote to create the EAU. I think there’s a real thirst for having some sanity over here.
As a EU citizen - no thanks, unless you get like ten seats in the EU parliament at most.
As a Californian, I am fully used to being horrifically underrepresented proportionally in national politics, danke. Tax our billionaires. Give us healthcare. Make us use public transportation and drive on better roads. Do your worst. I triple dog dare you.
and as a citizen of a country other than the US, we’re very used to america being horrifically overrepresented in any sort of politics ever no matter what :p so swings and roundabouts i guess
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Do it. Go on, do it. A real man would do it.
A real aerospace engineer would do it, c'mon Elon, you are one of those, aren't you?
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The people who previously ran Twitter wouldn't have done it. C'mon Elon, are you as scared as they would be?
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Do it! Do it! Do it!
As a Brit, I've never been more angry at Brexit than right now, when we could have been on the cusp of losing access to Twitter. I'd have been free from the temptation to lurk occasionally, but noooooo, the fucking Tories had to go and "Get Brexit Done" and so we have to still live in a world where I feel compelled to go over there and gawk at the mess.
Bastards.
Don't threaten me with a good time!
lol please do it.
Europe: “oh no! Anyway…” Me: “Do America next!”
Don't threaten us with a good time
pls dont get my hopes up
Do it. It is perceived much differently than government blocking site, speaking from experience. When cenzorship agency blocks something, people seek ways to be there, when something pulls out of country, people say good riddance.
The irony is that the real losers if Twitter pulls out of the EU will be all the misinfo actors.
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Please do, and I would like to add a few more (only 180 more) countries where you should quit...
Do it, coward
Imagine the world super power Europe would become,with no twitter, Facebook, instagram and til tok...
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Don't threaten us with good time, Elon.
Also no way he is going through. He is way too much in financial hole to give up European market. Like Google or Meta, sure they have the financial standing to maybe pull such move and survive.
Xitter? They need every visitor and account they can have globally to even think about staying viable.
Empty bluster and pointless empty bluster, since EU would just go "fine. Our continental economy or prosperity doesn't depend on your social media company. Social media isn't a critical industry, so we are just fine with you leaving. Plus there is 10 others like you anyway".
You can't threaten people with something that doesn't damage them and heck might be seen as benefit.
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Looks like the European laws actually protects us digitally!
finally some good news!
As an European just do it! This will spur a move from a lot of people to the fediverse.
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Dear musk, you don’t have to consider, you can just remove X from rest of the world
Yes, please!
As a European, I'm begging you, Elon. PLEASE remove X from Europe. Thank you!
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Meta might as well ban the usage of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and of course the Meta Quest headsets from being used in the EU. Oh, and all Google products as well (maybe except YouTube). We are so close to a new tomorrow.
I guess EU citizens are just gonna move to Norway if they wanna use those services (I'd assume VPN usage would be blocked as well)
It would be the greatest news I've heard in 2 years if that where to happen
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Oh no! Anyway
Good.
Please, please, please, do it
Weren't they already threatening to ban it in the first place?
This has major "You can't fire me cause I quit!" energy
Great! Please do it! All the harm you do to Twitter only helps mastodon grow.
I love mastodon and the growing fediverse.
Do it, you spinless bag of dicks!
Maybe just turn it off for the good of all humanity, why stop at Europe?
Can't wait
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