The widow of Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, has had her X account suspended. Meanwhile, his brother has been put on Moscow wanted list's. Listen to a Daily podcast special on Russian opposition in the wake of Navalny's death as you scroll.
Are you seriously trying to make the argument that elon"if you advertisers don't like my performative bootlicking bullshit then go fuck yourself"musk is doing something for the good of a business and NOT because of his vindictive, forever 13 year-old, ultra-divorced, fermented hair plug influenced personal political positions?
You're 1000% confusing this coincidentally being a move that might not get him banned in Russia, with that being the core motivation. There's a disconnect in your comment, last two statements are valid, first is cookoo bananas.
Honestly nationalizing it would be a bad idea. Once it's government owned, then the 1st amendment would actually apply and banning people, including the more openly Nazi accounts than you can imagine, would probably be illegal. It would be overrun with even more heinous filth than it houses now.
It really is best for everyone that Twitter dies, and good news! Under Musk's incredible zero-win leadership, it looks pretty inevitable!
Yeah, this. Practically speaking the only country that could nationalize Twitter is the US. It's already a pain in the ass doing moderation without getting the US Constitution in there. It wouldn't just be the 1st amendment, you might also get lawsuits based on other constitutional protections. I 100% guarantee, the US government does not want to get involved.
Oh, the anti-vax broflakes and maga cult will vacate that thing in droves. If the right country 'owns' it - thinking Jacinda Ardern's government if we had a time machine, or just the UN now - then advertisers may come back. Or it may just exist as a cost-free platform for cat pics and tsunami/twister alerts.
Wait. Isn't that what we want? No halfwit conspiracy fucknuts, and a still-usable platform? Where do the bots using it for C&C fit into this?
Public spaces should be government owned. Each country could have its own public servers with a guaranteed spot for every citizen. People can cross post.
If you want anonymity you can have private servers too.
Why stop with Xitter? I personally feel like there should be a national equivalent to the corporate search engines, job boards, etc. National alternatives to everything.
Because Musk curates the platform to Russia's standards. If Xitter didn't do stuff like suspening Navalny's wife, Russia might decide to go to a Chinese platform or try to develop their own.
I'll explain it to you really simply: his business are based in america not in russia. He's also directly involved with the usa government and the usa military.
People greedy for money don't care where their profits come from, given that i still think it's naive to call him a putin stooge when the majority of his money comes from usa thanks to his links with us government.
And if he wants to align with the US, why would he ban her, when she's being a motor against the Russian government, a clear enemy of the US? His actions go against the assumption that he is US aligned.
Well guess what they are not banned anymore. I'll ask you another question, if the ceo of usa and the ceo of russia telephone him asking for a favor which one do you think would get the priority?