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[–] new_guy@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I'm not sure if Twitter has "responsibilities" to begin with. It has what we - as a society - give it the legitimacy to have.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I wish you were right but it’s an influential platform no matter how much we would like to pooh pooh it. It’s right there in the linked article:

Since July 29 when right-wing influencers made false claims on Twitter and other social media platforms that blamed the stabbing murder of three children on Muslims and immigrants, dozens of far-right riots have erupted around the nation.

[–] new_guy@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

You're right but IMO that part of the article that you highlighted should be the news, not the "we should make Musk do something".

Musk is a billionaire that thrives on attention so any form of headline that cites his name is playing his game.

Twitter is a company with investors. They should be accountable to what happens in their domain. And not by having their wrist slapped because -- for the nth time -- something bad happened. Media should be saying by now that Twitter is a bad place. Like they did with other social networks before.

[–] FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 1 points 3 months ago

It's a private company and the only investor that matters is musk.

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