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Randahl Fink Aug 26, 2024

#ElonMusk is posting information to portray both Mastodon and Instagram as child pornography sites.

These two social networks are X competitors, and Musk is using his own social network to misrepresent his competitors to 196 million followers.

Imagine if 196 million Volkswagen drivers received multiple messages on their car stereo from the CEO of Volkswagen that other car brands were "child porn car brands".

I doubt European competition laws would allow that.

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Rynach Aug 26, 2024

@randahl And of course the whataboutism begins. The difference is that Mastodon and Instagram have better moderation, giving child predators no quarter. On Telegram I have seen public groups dedicated to selling drugs and sharing videos of underage children fighting, and nothing has been done to them regardless of reporting. Telegram claims that they have enough moderators but apparently this is not the case. By making these accusations, Musk is trying to save his own arse.

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Sandrew

@Rynach @randahl This.
He fired all those Trust & Safety people, turned Twitter into an absolute cesspool & now is a little worried allowing the worst of humanity on his platform might finally catch up with him.