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EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2023
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π€ Please let him be imprisoned by some obscure German anti Nazi law pleaseπ€
If theyβre gonna do that they need to start with the AfD
Twitter actually got sued in Germany for failure to moderate hate speech already, that could cost him 33 billion euros!
You realize Americans are not subject to German law, yes?
So I can post something illegal in Germany on the Internet and you think that I should be extradited?
That's kind of what is happening with Kim DotCom. He's been in New Zealand for years and never set foot in the US, but he is accused of conspiring to distribute pirated material that belongs to American corporations. He supposedly broke US law, while in New Zealand, and has never been to the US.
I think that was violating multiple international copyright and software patent agreements (i.e. megaupload), not him violating some specific US Law. And he was going to be tried in the US, but he could have just as easily been tried in Germany or whatever. Unless you are referring to something more specific.
Ok sure. A Government can do whatever it wants in collaboration with another government. regardless of laws, rights, morality, or anything that can be enforced via violence. But I don't really see that as a "gotcha" or something that you should bring up in normal conversation.
So let me ask you directly. Am I, as a US Citizen, living in the US, and currently in the US, subject to German Laws? To be clear I understand that extradiction treaty's exist. But that only applies if I break German Law, while I'm in Germany, not in any other situation.
If you operate a buisness in Germany and do something with that that's illegal in the US as well you might actually be but I don't think that applies for the super rich tbh, no one of them will ever go to jail, the best we can hope for is a beheading in some revolution or by some terrorist group!
It's masturbatory to even entertain the notion that anyone would ever be expedited to the EU for disregarding their laws, especially if that person is operating in the US where it is explicitly legal to lie on the internet.
Realize? Yes. Holding the thinnest shred of hope for some forgotten treaty agreement? Also yes.
I'd also settle for any country telling him to fuck right off with any of his business if he continues to be a bag of shit. That might also work.
That's probably what will end up happening. But how? Is the EU going to ban Twitter traffic like China does?
If I had to guess it would get DNS blocked by all European providers, that's not a effective ban if you want to deny access but it's a death sentence for a buisness!
Are you kidding? Half of the European leaders met privately with him while visiting the UN. This is all talk, they're not gonna do anything to Musk cause he owns half of them, or they're at least trying to keep him happy so he'll build a Tesla plant in their country
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66777096.amp
Nonsense
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66777096.amp
1 European leaders met him while visiting. Hardly bending the knee, more so politicians wooing a notorious narcissist.
You're delusional if you think they don't meet privately with him and don't tell you
So sources when you think they're on your side but conspiracy when they are not? Ok
Sadly you're probably right on the money, especially the Germans+Auto Industry. One can dream at least