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Chances for the fediverse? Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves (www.politico.eu)

submitted 3 days ago by tfm@europe.pub to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/372863

cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/61363

The right-wing billionaire’s platform has recently lost about 10 percent of its European user base.

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[-] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 days ago

[-] toastmeister@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Europe doesnt want federated services, they want censorship.

Saying that oil production lowers emissions by displacing coal will be called climate misinformation, saying immigration needs to be lower due to a housing crisis will be called hate speech, using Bitcoin instead of the digital euro will be called terrorist financing. They're already arresting people who do something as benign as retweet things, its a slippery slope.

[-] DimlyLitFlutteringMoth 5 points 2 days ago

Christ, this is such a stupid take. You'd think that someone who was around on the fediverse would have an inkling about just how many instances are based in the EU and Germany in particular.

Just because a country or userbase wants a degree of moderation and accountability, and doesn't tolerate hate speech, doesn't mean that views are censored. Basic Popperism stuff right there.