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Vyse Inglebard said:
They're only doing this because Musk owns it now, and he's allowing marginally more "unsavory" opinions to be had on there.
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nah, euro politicians in berlin and prais and brussels have been seething about their lack of control over american social media companies for many years now
this has been a long time in the making, much longer than musks meme takeover
 
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DumbDude43 said:
nah, euro politicians in berlin and prais and brussels have been seething about their lack of control over american social media companies for many years now
this has been a long time in the making, much longer than musks meme takeover
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This. Redditors praise EU for passing all kinds of privacy laws regarding social media, but the motivation behind those laws being passed isn't that EU is now libertarian or whatever the fuck, but simply that EU has absolutely fucking loathed the idea that there is something operating in Europe at such a scale which they do not have direct control over. Making these US based social media platforms as toothless as possible is the next best thing to do.
"If we can't use these tools to spy on our citizens, then no one can!"
 
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Beebo said:
This. Redditors praise EU for passing all kinds of privacy laws regarding social media, but the motivation behind those laws being passed isn't that EU is now libertarian or whatever the fuck, but simply that EU has absolutely fucking loathed the idea that there is something operating in Europe at such a scale which they do not have direct control over. Making these US based social media platforms as toothless as possible is the next best thing to do.
"If we can't use these tools to spy on our citizens, then no one can!"
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Sometimes I see people on Twitter "Hello, can someone tell me what the tweet is? I'm in Germany"
 
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PaulPelosi'sBoyfriend said:
It's ironic that Reddit hates him so much.
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Which is funny because they used to treat him as god's gift to mankind just a couple of years ago.
Seeing Reddit flip just because he started pandering to the other side of the culture war (with some of the most listless and pathetic right-wing memes) is really something.
It's like with Trump. Any person with basic grasp of reality could see Elon for the stupid billionaire grifter he always was, but because he owned Tesla and was popularizing electric cars he was a Good Guy. The moment he said something stupid about "cancel culture" or whatever he is suddenly a Bad Guy. Absolutely zero critical thinking. It's Pavlovian responses all the way down.
 
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Monuklear said:
Which is funny because they used to treat him as god's gift to mankind just a couple of years ago.
Seeing Reddit flip just because he started pandering to the other side of the culture war (with some of the most listless and pathetic right-wing memes) is really something.
It's like with Trump. Any person with basic grasp of reality could see Elon for the stupid billionaire grifter he always was, but because he owned Tesla and was popularizing electric cars he was a Good Guy. The moment he said something stupid about "cancel culture" or whatever he is suddenly a Bad Guy. Absolutely zero critical thinking. It's Pavlovian responses all the way down.
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It started when he said some shit about COVID and the vaccines. Then he memed about trannies and the "Current Thing ™".
 
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Hugger Brother said:
NPR got flagged as state-run media lol

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Funding for NPR comes from dues and fees paid by member stations, underwriting from corporate sponsors and annual grants from the publicly-funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was created on November 7, 1967, when U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967.
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The CPB's annual budget is composed almost entirely of an annual appropriation from Congress plus interest on those funds.
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sounds a lot like the kind of "totally not state owned :^)" state media in UK and germany tbh, just with more financial obfuscation
 
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DumbDude43 said:
sounds a lot like the kind of "totally not state owned :^)" state media in UK and germany tbh, just with more financial obfuscation
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Prolly you'd have to look at their financial reports and if that 0.1% revenue really mattered.

If uncle Sam pays their expenses and gives them reduced rates on everything that's probably how I'd hide it.
 
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HAHAHAHA

npr.org - Twitter labels NPR's account as 'state-affiliated media,' which is untrue
NPR operates independently of the U.S. government. NPR has asked Twitter to remove the label, calling it "unacceptable." But Twitter CEO Elon Musk says it "seems accurate."
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Responding to a tweet about the shift, Musk posted an image of a screenshot showing Twitter's policy defining state-affiliated media, with a short message: "Seems accurate."
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In response to an NPR email for this story seeking comment and requesting details about what in particular might have led to the new designation, the company's press account auto-replied with a poop emoji — a message it has been sending to journalists for weeks.
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When asked about Twitter's decision during the White House's daily briefing, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to address Twitter's content rules specifically. But she also defended NPR's journalism.

"There is no doubt of the independence of NPR journalists," Jean-Pierre said. "If you've ever been on the receiving end of their questions, you know this."
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NPR is so independent the White House press secretary personally defended them :story:

the amount of passive aggression in this article alone could power the fucking sun
 
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Hugger Brother said:
HAHAHAHA

npr.org - Twitter labels NPR's account as 'state-affiliated media,' which is untrue


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NPR is so independent the White House press secretary personally defended them :story:

the amount of passive aggression in this article alone could power the fucking sun
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Does anyone else think it's ironic that the media organization accused of being beholden to a political party had to get public affirmation from the mouthpiece of said political party to prove they aren't government affiliated?
 
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