As always, mass censorship is a sign of desperation on the part of the censors. From Thomas Fazi at zerohedge.com:
Authored by Thomas Fazi via UnHerd.com,
The latest salvo in the ongoing battle between between Elon Musk and the EU came courtesy of the X owner. He revealed that in the run-up to the European elections, X was offered “an illegal secret deal”: if the platform would agree to secretly censoring online speech, then the European Commission wouldn’t fine it for violations of its new online content moderation law, the Digital Services Act (DSA). X refused to cooperate, but all the other major platforms accepted the deal.
Musk’s revelation came shortly after Thierry Breton, the EU’s censorship czar, announced the Commission’s preliminary findings that X’s new “blue check” verification system was in violation of the DSA. Given that anyone can now subscribe and obtain a “verified status” — unlike before Musk when the platform arbitrarily decided who was worthy of the coveted blue check — this, he stated, undermines users’ ability to make informed decisions about account authenticity.
The Commission also accused X of “fail[ing] to provide access to its public data to researchers”, as mandated by the DSA. It urged the company to address such breaches or face a fine up to 6% of its total worldwide annual turnover, which was approximately $3.4 billion in 2023. Failure to comply could result in X being banned from operating in the EU altogether.
Clueless control freaks never learn.
They end up controlling nothing.
It’s afraid.
And flailing and failing…just like Leviathan in the imperial cesspool swamp of corruption and evil.
The sulfur stench of Sauron and its rump vassals reaches the high heavens.
It isn’t fine.
This just in from Tina Turner:
We Don’t Need Another Hero