Leander Lindahl 🇪🇺Feb 19

I struggle to understand why the EU commission is recommending people to use X. How else should the fact that the X logo is plastered all over their (our) web site be interpreted. It's a deeply irresponsible and harmful use of their power of influence.

After all that's happened and after all the pleading and campaigning by citizens. This is the kind of thing that truly makes you lose faith.

I can't even bring myself to tag them in this post. There's no point anyway.

https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/02/11/nearly-half-of-europeans-would-back-banning-musks-x-if-it-keeps-breaking-eu-law-new-poll-f

Nearly half of Europeans would back banning X over EU law breaches

A new YouGov survey across Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and Poland shows nearly half of Europeans (47 percent) would back banning social media platform X from the EU if it continues to breach EU rules.

euronews
Show threadLeander Lindahl 🇪🇺Feb 20

Next they'll be advertising pornhub – because it has many users, they need to be where the users are...

Then cigarettes and crack cocaine – because why not, might as well...

What is leadership? I ask myself more and more often. Because clearly it's sorely missing in our age.

Show threadLeander Lindahl 🇪🇺Feb 20

Sometimes things are fuzzy and unclear, there are arguments on the one hand and also on the other hand.

This is not such an issue. It's crystal clear.

Show threadJames Tweedie
@leanderlindahl Unfortunately it is common with many political parties, politicians, organisations, companies and individuals who should know better. Partly there seems to be a fear of losing 'all those followers' (90% of which are probably bots).
In Scotland only the Scottish Green party seems to be committed to using media like Mastodon.
Feb 22 at 9:11amWeb