What's to stop Musk, who's already tried meddling with German elections, from seizing Zelenskyy's, or any other European leader's X account, and posting something with dire geopolitical consequences? We're way past the point where it's wise for European leaders and institutions to rely on a presence on X—and other US platforms are not a good long-term solution either. More should follow the example of the @EUCommission and provide their updates directly, without middlemen, through the fediverse.
@Gargron @EUCommission I think that if that happened, people would sort it out quite quickly, but I am also very happy to be on Mastodon in any case.
@samsonite @Gargron @EUCommission People would what ?
Sort it out ? Quickly ???
Are we talking about the same people who still adore habanero hitler and not even question the most absurd things ??
I'm not so optimist like you.
"info" (ok very wild term) on X CAN create big problems since the average audience is totally idiot
@thefwguy @Gargron @EUCommission I don't think the public will help, they are too emotional. I would like to think that defence forces do not base their intelligence on X. Just my thoughts...
@samsonite @Gargron @EUCommission I agree a direct violation like that would have consequences, but political bias of the algorithms has probably corrupted quite a few elections already

@samsonite @Gargron @EUCommission

Sometimes "quickly" is too late.

Even five minute delay can easily collapse the stock market, for example.

@iju @samsonite @Gargron @EUCommission 5 minutes is a long time if you've just hit the big red button! 💥

@samsonite
Yes, people would figure it out pretty quickly, but a very large number of them would believe the falsehood regardless.

@Gargron @EUCommission