Dan Gillmor

Over at Musk's site, multiple German organizations, including sports franchises, are showing infinitely more honor -- by leaving -- than their American counterparts:

https://www.dw.com/en/german-institutions-depart-x-a-day-after-musks-weidel-talk/a-71266331

German institutions depart X, a day after Musk's Weidel talk

More than 60 German and Austrian academic organizations say they will leave the messaging platform X owned by Elon Musk. The German government has also voiced fears that the platform is warping political discourse.

Deutsche Welle
Jan 12, 2025 at 2:07amWeb
Show thread10tothe22Jan 12, 2025
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Show threadalchemistmuffinJan 12, 2025
@dangillmor It's not only just that, the government MIGHT completley ban the use of Twitter by anyone, or any group, as part of Strafgesetzbuch, It would be a major middle finger to Twitter and the orange haired guy's incoming admnistration, even though they know it might bring trade war to level never seen.
Show threadiveylineJan 12, 2025
@dangillmor Ausgezeichnet!
Show threadtroy_friz_zellJan 12, 2025

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Well, if anyone can recognize a Nazi, it's the people of Deutschland.

Show threadfe diJan 26, 2025
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No, Nazi is not a mark of the people of a specific country;
Nazi as well as fascism is a mind-set, which can pop-up in every country.
Faschismus: Auszug aus Broschüren des USA-Kriegsministerium im WW 2 zur Information für die Soldaten
Faschismus: Auszug aus Broschüren des USA-Kriegsministerium im WW 2 zur Information für die Soldaten

{{Die individuelle Ansprache der US-Amerikaner hab ich verallgemeinert}} * Faschismus ist nicht so einfach zu identifizieren und zu analysieren und * wen...

Show threadRynachJan 12, 2025
"Good Job, Elon! Keep sinking Twitter further!"
Show threadumbeebmuJan 12, 2025
@dangillmor It would be also nice if media will start to ignore Twitter, no more news "mister XYZ declared on X that...."
Show threadchef 😎Jan 12, 2025

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Yep. That is so annoying and frustrating.

Time to stop normalising fascist oligarchs. ✊🏼

Show threadIαn has moved accountJan 12, 2025
@dangillmor shame on them for being on a centralised network in the first place.
Show threadMartin Vermeer (not Jesus)Jan 12, 2025
@dangillmor To be fair, it's easier to recognize an external enemy than an internal one.
Show threadVHG 🇪🇺🇺🇦Jan 12, 2025
@dangillmor sure #musk and fans will quabble about „woke universities“
Show threadgumbarioJan 12, 2025
@dangillmor Even better, the German Federal Court of Justice explicitly wrote, that they can be followed on Mastodon and their newsletter
Show threadsbiJan 12, 2025
@dangillmor I am disappointed that it needed this for them to leave, and at the same time relieved that this, at least, made them leave. And I am very disappointed that so many are still there.
Show threadfe diJan 26, 2025

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Because of Elon Musk: Online communities with millions of members block links to X


"More than 50 subreddits with millions of users Links to X banned....

Since Musk bought X, the platform has increasingly become a gathering place for right-wing ideologies, with neo-Nazis and conspiracy theorists cavorting there, for example."


Wegen Elon Musk: Onlinecommunitys mit Millionen Mitgliedern sperren Links zu X

Wegen Elon Musk: Onlinecommunitys mit Millionen Mitgliedern sperren Links zu X

Show threadfe diJan 29, 2025
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An insider view on Elon Musk
An insider view on Elon Musk

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