Leander Lindahl πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊFeb 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.

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Show threadRene Raggl πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ πŸ‡¬πŸ‡±Feb 20
@leanderlindahl Because politics move glacially slow and are sometimes unreasonably careful... Maybe you also wrote to MEPs and asked them them to leave using @leavex ? The answers I received vary wildly in vision and tech literacy.
Show threadNelfaneor πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ πŸ«β€‹βœ’οΈβ€‹β™β€‹γ€½οΈβ€‹πŸŸ€β€‹Feb 22
@rraggl

As @alexandrageese explained during https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/W8RCMT-the_fediverse_and_the_eus_digital_services_act_solving_the_challenges_of_modern_/, the misleading pretext they usually put forward when asked to move,  is the habits of the main media who always consider X as the ultimate reference to check communication content. So, the solution is simple : let's demand those main media be required to use open source protocols as their mandatory references so that they compel any politician or any authority to use those protocols.

@leanderlindahl @leavex
FOSDEM 2026 - The Fediverse and the EU's Digital Services Act: solving the challenges of modern social media?

Show threadLeave X - Protect Democracy

We can demand that our elected officials use a better, more democratic space to discuss issues. This makes more sense than demanding that the media do so, as the media should indeed follow what politicians are saying.

https://gram.social/p/leavex/924009082908185334

#Politics #Journalism #LeaveX

@nelfan @rraggl @alexandrageese @leanderlindahl

Leave X (@[email protected])

#LeaveX #Journalism #Politics #Democracy #Stalemate #X

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Show threadeverton137Feb 22

By the way, when I asked her in person in the hallway if she could ask her colleagues to stop using X, she said she wouldn't because of her respect for them.

I respectfully asked if she could share some letters with her colleagues, but she said she wouldn't. Fair enough; it's her choice.

However, one argument I heard was intriguing: since she is the DSA reference, she doesn't need X, so she can leave it. Journalists will call her if they need information on this topic.

We need a European version of Canadian @Paulatics . Or maybe we should invite her to talk to our European representatives.

https://albertaviews.ca/goodbye-to-twitter/

@nelfan @rraggl @alexandrageese @leanderlindahl

#EU #LeaveX #Canada

Goodbye to Twitter - Alberta Views

Twitter kept assuming that I was a bot, and putting me in Twitter jail. I had to beg for my verification just so I could stay online.

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Show threadKnightmareFeb 22
@everton137 @Paulatics @nelfan @rraggl @alexandrageese @leanderlindahl No one needs Dumpster Fire previously known as Twitter.