Bálint SzilaksziDec 16, 2022

This “Elon is free to do what he wants on Twitter, and you’re free to move elsewhere” is a very american take.

Elon must comply with European laws and regulations in data protection, anti-trust, anti-discrimination, etc or the EU will seize his property to enforce fines or make Twitter unavailable for EU.

Show threadNoah BerlatskyDec 16, 2022
@szbalint any sense of what timeline that would happen on?
Show threadBálint Szilakszi
@nberlat I think Twitter will be well bankrupt before that (and not because the EU would move glacially slowly). Twitter doesn’t really have much financial runway, and scaring away journalists and other important content producers is a sure-fire way to drop interest in a platform.
Dec 16, 2022 at 8:37amWeb
Show threadAral BalkanDec 16, 2022
@szbalint @nberlat 🤞
Show threadbackyardagrarianDec 16, 2022
@szbalint @nberlat or his plan is and always was to destroy the platform and end global communications on the platform. He might be succeeding in his own goals… and those of his Saudi funders
Show threadDwight Williams (💉 x9)+😷🇨🇦Dec 16, 2022
@lizbrownmorgan @szbalint @nberlat That is a real and grounded suspicion to have about Twitter.
Show threadNoah BerlatskyDec 16, 2022
@lizbrownmorgan @szbalint I think Musk beleives that fascism is popular and will lead to financial success. https://aaronrupar.substack.com/p/elon-musk-destroying-twitter-why
Is Elon Musk evil or simply a fool?

Both. The answer is both.

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