BAN X in Europe - Europeans against Elon Musk - Petition to the European Commission
ban-x-in.eu
This petition introduces the campaign for the ban of Elon Musk's social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) in the European Union.
  • Free_Opinions@feddit.uk
    3·
    1 month ago

    5 million actual people telling you that ‘x’ political view is common and popular, causing you to doubt, or at least temper your own personal beliefs.

    This isn’t misinformation. Lemmy gives you skewed image of what political views are popular. Truth social does the exact same thing but from the opposite perspective. These are just groups of people self selecting onto platforms they most feel comfortable at. Having different political views to that of yours is not misinformation and platforms shouldn’t be banned because of it.

    Tell that to Musk; X bans TONS of people over their viewpoints.

    Again, not in any way exclusive to twitter. Go take a look at lemmy.ml/modlog for example. These are both privately owned and the people running them are free to moderate however they desire. If you don’t agree with it, then don’t go there. That’s what I do with .ml instances too.

    • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
      6·
      1 month ago

      This isn’t misinformation.

      Right, the other example is. The whole point is the difference between propaganda (the bots) and legitimate political sentiment (all real people). Given that Musk is actively choosing not to combat misinformation bots on his platform, it’s fair to step in.

        • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
          5·
          1 month ago

          No, bots are not real people, so them masquerading as real people holding an opinion is, by definition, misinformation.

            • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
              4·
              1 month ago

              Probably none. Now I’ll name one that is large and influential, and isn’t trying to combat the problem: X

              • Free_Opinions@feddit.uk
                1·
                1 month ago

                To claim they’re not trying to combat the problem is a lie. I used to get several bot followers a day around a year ago. Now I got none and I’ve lost a ton of subscribers because the bot accounts are getting deleted. The amount of bots was also the reason Elon wanted to turn down the deal to begin with because twitter lied about it.

                Also, misinformation can be combated with community notes. An open source feature I’m not aware of any other social media platform having.