I’m rather 🤷♂️ about going after Twitter using the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA).
Sure, the framework is there, but Musk is tearing through Twitter at such a rate that what is going to be left by the time action can be taken?
Same re. the initiative to invite Musk to the European Parliament - there’ll be plenty of grandstanding but it’s not going to save the network.
It all feels like… closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Sure I get why - even now - being seen to do and say the right thing is politically appealing.
I also get why some politicians would like a bit of theatre by grilling Musk in the European Parliament.
But the damage is done. It can’t be repaired. We need better systems and networks moving forward - prevention rather than cures.
@jon What we need is people to own their own spaces and for them to be able to control them. But that butts up against multiple issues: time/interest in managing; money to afford such things; technical know-how.
Mastodon represents a kind of middle ground, but it has its own problems, such as unknown scaling re service and moderation, admins sometimes blocking major servers (which many users have no idea about), etc.
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