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X is suing California over social media content moderation law::X, the social media company previously known as Twitter, is suing the state of California over a law that requires companies to disclose details about their content moderation practices.

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only reason they use the word "constitutional" is because they want the conservative supreme court to make a ruling to allow hate speech.

Meanwhile, conservatives also want to ban books about love.

This really has nothing to do with technology though. Quite the contrary. Twitter isn't technology. It's a tool for making dark age politics.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also because they're fond of pretending that if something they're doing isn't expressly forbidden in the constitution, that means it's VIRTUOUS and must be protected at all costs!

On the other hand, anything that their opponents do that isn't expressly MANDATED by the constitution is villainy most foul and must be outlawed and penalised with at least a decade of ~~enslavement that is highly lucrative to the owner donors~~ imprisonment

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why is anyone calling it X?

The sign still says Twitter, the domain still says Twitter, it's still Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I call it X/Twitter/whatever just to add some frustration and negative sentiment to the branding in my own circles. A reminder that the platform's been poisoned and it isn't what people should be using.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“If @X has nothing to hide, then they should have no objection to this bill,” Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, who wrote AB 587, said in response to X’s lawsuit.”

The government breaks out absolute worst argument they could

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

It's the same argument that conservatives use so they will understand.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

X? The only "X" i recognize is DMX, R.I.P.