Mastodawn

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?

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Magess

Jan 7

@gcluley they think they have to because "that's where the people are". Leaving would be like not having a website or phone number.

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Maddie

@Magess @gcluley
While it may be their reasoning, I hope govs see there is an opportunity for a collective statement/movement (similar to responses re: Venezuela) and help millions of users migrate to Mastodon (or elsewhere), something to the effect of "We know this will be inconvenient, but it is important not to support X, for [various reasons], so we are migrating [elsewhere], here are tips and a FAQ to help."

(Not disagreeing, just hoping for something better.)