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Petition calls to ban Elon Musk's X in Europe (ban-x-in.eu)

submitted 3 days ago by FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/4853884

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/4853256

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 58 points 3 days ago (10 children)

As much as I dislike Musk, expansion of the great firewall of Europe seems like a bad idea.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Does the article say anything about censorship? Usually bans like this are financial. So X offices would close in the EU and bank accounts seized and they wouldn't be allowed to conduct business (eg with advertisers) in the EEA

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It specifically cites Brazil as an example, that involved a complete block of the website.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

More than that. The Brazil government made it illegal for it's citizens to access the site, as well as the use of a VPN. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_of_Twitter_in_Brazil, chapter 'Blocking').

I think it's a swell idea, banning your citizens from reading information you decide is wrong.

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