E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against Elon Musk’s X (Gift Article)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/technology/eu-penalties-x-elon-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.804.2Cke.TPsSkrqfiSIs&smid=url-share

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  2. Flinten Uschi war doch so dabei mit dem “Stoppschild im Internet” gegen Kinder P*rnos…

    Hey, hier wär mal n Fall für im DNS bei den ISP’s blocken wo ich dahinter stehn würd.

  3. >regulators are preparing major penalties against Elon Musk’s social media platform X for breaking a landmark law to combat illicit content and disinformation.

    It’s going to be revealing when the amount of accounts and engagement doesn’t change in the event X is inevitably banned in the EU.

    Garbage platform full of bots.

  5. The EU strikes again, threatening Musk with huge penalties for spreading so-called disinformation. Well, who in their wildest dreams would think that a social media platform where anyone can post anything would become full of incorrect facts?

    Then again it’s to be expected-info wars, propaganda, etc. On the flip side, this too easily becomes a convenient tool to push out undesirable platforms. All groups desire controlling information dissemination, but when bureaucrats take over, what you end up with is usually bizarre.

    Let’s see how this plays out, but I don’t think Musk’s going down without a struggle. He’s more inclined to troll the EU on X again than to buckle to pressure from them.

  6. Maybe it’s time we just outlaw all social media. Been far more trouble than it’s worth.

  7. Now the fun starts!

    Elmo is going to be crying on TV like a little bitch while his mommy gets mad at the internet!

  9. > The fine could surpass $1 billion

    Don’t be hesitant E.U., the higher the fine the stronger the message it sends.

  10. Just bombard it with web-scale pro-eu content, the zombies lapping it up will pivot their views, it’s been used with manufactured content for the opposite so far. Either that or shut it off.

  11. There is no depth to which Elon can fall that will be enough. He needs to be absolutely penniless and it still won’t be enough.

  13. To be honest by this point I advocate a full embargo of the United States, no one buys off them or sells to them, no MAGA are allowed in any other country or to do business in them including having bank accounts, no US flagged ships are allowed to enter other countries waters, all US troops removed from all other countries

    A full blockade of the US with one simple goal, to cause an economic collapse in the US and cause so much poverty and unrest the US public has no choice but to overthrow Trump or accept they are a pariah state where a people with high lifestyle expectations will have nothing

    It’s an extreme stance but history teaches us men like Trump are never going to leave power of their own accord and the only way to cause a dictatorship this large to end is to make it collapse

  14. Yes, please be as tangible and harsh as possible. Make his wallet feel real pain and long-term negative impact for causing harm to humanity and people’s lives.

  15. Hit him in the pussy! When you’re rich, you allow them to do it to you 😂.

  16. I’m no longer on X or IG or Facebook, but I previously reported death threat type posts on both X and IG, and they ignored them. They also ignored targeted harassment of individuals. Full of bots, trolls, fake engagement, scammers, misinformation, etc. Both are garbage apps and they should get penalized.

  18. Then add every business that supported this because they were out for themselves, and only themselves.

  19. Please ban twitter in EU, sewers of the internet, I mean x

  20. And Elon will cry to his big daddy Trump who will threaten EU and EU can then ban X in addition to the fine. 😛

  21. I hope to fuck we don’t go to war over elons hurt feelings.

  22. What happens after the fine is what will be interesting…

  24. I hope the world absolutely annihilates everything Elon. Fuck him. 

  27. If it’s a vibe, then it’s a vibe, and I get it. But just be honest, we have no idea what she’s saying 90% of the time without looking at the lyrics…

  28. I wonder if this is why he sold Twitter to himself. Then he could genius say, “we’ll that was X not me.”

  29. $1 billion per day until capitulation then ban the platform outright across the EU

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