Graham CluleyJan 7

I don't understand how the UK government (and indeed many firms) can continue to maintain a presence on Elon Musk's deepfake porn site (formerly known as Twitter), rather than jumping ship to the likes of Mastodon and Bluesky.

Their continued association with X/Twitter isn't just a bad look, it's an endorsement of a site that behaves in a disgusting, degrading way, and has been churning out sexualised images of real-life women and young girls.

Is it just to avoid the wrath of Elon Musk?

Show threadRob\Viewdata UKJan 7
@gcluley
I'm just one person, but I've emailed my MP suggesting she withdraw from X, suggesting bluesky and mastodon (and that it'd be beneficial if the Gov set up their own server.)
I doubt anything will come of it, but if enough people write to their MPs, maybe the concept will filter through eventually.
Show threadSean LynchJan 7

@robert @gcluley

Suggest that they set up their own 'British' based instances and it will happen much more quickly!

Be sure to say British based and not UK based, because, well you know.

Use their own weaknesses to manipulate them.

Show threadRob\Viewdata UK
@SeanPLynch @gcluley
I did suggest "outside of foreign influence" :)
Jan 7 at 3:06pmWeb
Show threadSean LynchJan 7

@robert @gcluley

Yes, that makes sense!

My idea was to get the little Britain people to support it, rabidly. Bypassing the political fight the Tories would put up just because a labor government is trying to implement it.

Show threadRob\Viewdata UKJan 8
@SeanPLynch @gcluley
I actually got a reply. Mostly politician boilerplate, but she did actually acknowledge my points about alternate platforms, so I guess that's one small seed planted!
Show threadChris WoodsJan 9

@SeanPLynch @gcluley @robert that’s awesome!

Perhaps this is something to bring up with more MPs?!

How awesome would it be to see MPs, and government departments shifting to platforms like this.