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[–] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 101 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Musk claims

That's all you need to know

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Musk sucks.

It is not in his interest though, right?

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 47 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is the Deal: "Conform to our laws or GTFO?"

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 months ago

Musk just cannot function in a country with laws that protect the citizens. Just look at his breakdown when trying to go against Sweden and their labor laws.

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Probably...

But as Musk is an self-centered idiot he prefers to tell some fairy tale of how they illegally offered all platforms to censor stuff in secret or face the the consequences with him being the only one bravely declining.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago

And look at all the muskrats agreeing with his version of this. Disgraceful.

[–] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Eh, release the communication Musk, or I believe shit you say. The EU wants Twitter to follow the laws, so what he calls "censor in secret" is probably just the EU reminding them, that they drop the fee if they start to comply.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

From the article:

Firing back on X, the commissioner denied the existence of a secret deal and said no such bargain had been made with any other platforms.
"The DSA provides X (and any large platform) with the possibility to offer commitments to settle a case," Breton added.
"To be extra clear: it’s YOUR team who asked the Commission to explain the process for settlement and to clarify our concerns".

"We did it in line with established regulatory procedures. Up to you to decide whether to offer commitments or not. That is how rule of law procedures work. See you (in court or not)".

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 33 points 2 months ago

"start moderating your nazi hub or we'll fine you"

[–] AtoMops@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago
[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 2 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Elon Musk has hit out at the European Commission, claiming it tried to make an "illegal secret deal" with X over compliance with new EU rules to prevent online misinformation.

It comes as the Commission announced on Friday that Musk’s social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, had breached elements of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).

"The European Commission offered X an illegal secret deal: if we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us," the billionaire tech mogul posted on X.

The DSA, a set of sweeping regulations that holds platforms — including Facebook, YouTube, and others — responsible for protecting European users and removing harmful content and misinformation, entered into effect in February this year.

Musk’s harsh words were in response to an earlier post from Margrethe Vestager, the outgoing Executive Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Competition.

In response to a separate post by European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton, Musk said: "We look forward to a very public battle in court, so that the people of Europe can know the truth".


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[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The charges against X are the first to be issued under the new law, with infringements carrying hefty fines equivalent to 6 per cent of the platform’s global revenue.

6 % wow. Much hefty. Very wow. Many money. Wow. Will hurt much. So hefty. Wow. Such fine.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The journalist is an idiot. It's turnover, not revenue, and 6% of the global turnover is indeed a hefty fine.

Look at the "Non-compliance decision"