Dan GillmorNov 17, 2023

The European Commission has had enough of Musk's deadbird site -- at least enough to stop paying him for the privilege of swimming in a toxic waste dump -- and people are talking about that.

Which reminds me:

Please don't beat up on people who leave that toxic place, even if you believe, however righteously, that they should have left long ago.

They're doing the right thing now. Thank them, and encourage others to do the same.

https://www.politico.eu/article/no-more-ads-elon-musk-x-twitter-european-commission-tell-staff/

No more ads on Elon’s X, EU Commission tells staff

Ads on Musk-owned social media site risk causing ‘reputational damage’ to the EU, its executive says in internal note.

POLITICO
Show threadJoanna Bryson, blathering
@dangillmor agree & disagree https://bsky.app/profile/j2bryson.bsky.social/post/3keehsta4jc2x
Joanna Bryson (@j2bryson.bsky.social)

I entirely support advertising boycotts of X. Twitter is still an important, under-regulated utility, so I do NOT support deleting accounts. This is like urban warfare. All sides should be trying to take back the city with as much of the infrastructure as possible intact, & minimising civilian harm.

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