Musk is told his platform, now known as X, must comply with new laws designed to combat fake news and Russian propaganda

Musk is told his platform, now known as X, must comply with new laws designed to combat fake news and Russian propaganda

    • Gamey@feddit.de
      1·
      2 years ago

      Twitter actually got sued in Germany for failure to moderate hate speech already, that could cost him 33 billion euros!

        • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
          66·
          2 years ago

          So I can post something illegal in Germany on the Internet and you think that I should be extradited?

          • misterharbies@lemmy.nzEnglish
            9·
            2 years ago

            That’s kind of what is happening with Kim DotCom. He’s been in New Zealand for years and never set foot in the US, but he is accused of conspiring to distribute pirated material that belongs to American corporations. He supposedly broke US law, while in New Zealand, and has never been to the US.

            • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
              27·
              2 years ago

              I think that was violating multiple international copyright and software patent agreements (i.e. megaupload), not him violating some specific US Law. And he was going to be tried in the US, but he could have just as easily been tried in Germany or whatever. Unless you are referring to something more specific.

            • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
              37·
              2 years ago

              Ok sure. A Government can do whatever it wants in collaboration with another government. regardless of laws, rights, morality, or anything that can be enforced via violence. But I don’t really see that as a “gotcha” or something that you should bring up in normal conversation.

                • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
                  13·
                  2 years ago

                  So let me ask you directly. Am I, as a US Citizen, living in the US, and currently in the US, subject to German Laws? To be clear I understand that extradiction treaty’s exist. But that only applies if I break German Law, while I’m in Germany, not in any other situation.

                  • Gamey@feddit.de
                    1·
                    2 years ago

                    If you operate a buisness in Germany and do something with that that’s illegal in the US as well you might actually be but I don’t think that applies for the super rich tbh, no one of them will ever go to jail, the best we can hope for is a beheading in some revolution or by some terrorist group!

      • _stranger_@lemmy.world
        6·
        2 years ago

        Realize? Yes. Holding the thinnest shred of hope for some forgotten treaty agreement? Also yes.

        I’d also settle for any country telling him to fuck right off with any of his business if he continues to be a bag of shit. That might also work.

        • HughJanus@lemmy.ml
          3·
          2 years ago

          That’s probably what will end up happening. But how? Is the EU going to ban Twitter traffic like China does?

          • Gamey@feddit.de
            1·
            2 years ago

            If I had to guess it would get DNS blocked by all European providers, that’s not a effective ban if you want to deny access but it’s a death sentence for a buisness!