BAN X in Europe - Europeans against Elon Musk - Petition to the European Commission
ban-x-in.eu
This petition introduces the campaign for the ban of Elon Musk's social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) in the European Union.
    • DrSteveBrule@mander.xyzEnglish
      3·
      7 hours ago

      I still don’t understand how Twitter operates in other countries. It’s accessible because it’s a part of the world wide web. When people use Twitter are they not reaching out to the servers located in America?

      • jwt@programming.devEnglish
        21·
        3 hours ago

        They’re not accessible anymore from a jurisdiction if said jurisdiction which rules they are violating decides to change their networking policies. And because twitter likes to be accessible, twitter decided to comply with the rules eventually. You seem intentionally obtuse btw.

        • iii@mander.xyzEnglish
          2·
          2 hours ago

          Some thoughts: (1) networks don’t necessarily run according to judicial borders.
          (2) you also have to penalize the use of rerouting tools, which Brazil seems to have done.
          (3) it became incorrect to refer to it as “world wide web”

          • jwt@programming.devEnglish
            1·
            25 minutes ago

            (1) Agreed of course, but I don’t see much of an issue there. You try to get a 100% coverage on your blockade, but 99% will move twitter to compliance too. same goes for (2). As for (3), I’m not really sure why you directed that at me.

            • iii@mander.xyzEnglish
              1·
              8 minutes ago

              I think it’s dangerous to be unscathed by governments deciding which publishers publish “truth”, and which don’t.

              To not care if the “law” applies to 100% of the , or only 95%. Some more equal under the law than others.

              I bring up 3, because the idea behind www was to counteract the points above.

              Imagine the same techniques used by a government you do not agree with. It’s very scary, no?

    • iii@mander.xyzEnglish
      21·
      9 hours ago

      Apparently, it works by fining users that visit the site. See chapter “Blocking”.

      How nice, a government that puts criminal penalties on it’s citizens reading the (according to them) wrong things. Banning technologies like VPNs.