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 threadAnneHJan 7
@gcluley Totally. Now Musk has more or less broken with the Orange One, I don't see that's the motivation. I think they still believe they can reach people there. Plus inertia.
Show threadSean LynchJan 7

@annehargreaves @gcluley

in the Arab spring, me too and other movements Twitter was an important means of communicating to the world.

Buy buying Twitter and transforming it to X Musk has effectively shut down a major meeting place of ideas used by the general population to bypass traditional media.

This new porn generator 'feature' is essentially the nail in the coffin.

Musk didn't act as a front for all the money to buy Twitter so he could get wealthier, he did it to kill Twitter.

Show threadAnneH
@SeanPLynch @gcluley Sure. Probably didn't like the idea of discourse not centred on him.
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