/sarcasm
correction: Republicans are pro-pedophile
We live in an era plagued by the zombified dreams of the 90s.
Facebook, that could count as… if not "monopoly" then certainly "dominant market position". But not X, not at this point.
The UK should call their bluff on this one, appeasement isn't going to work forever.
Also, there's a difference between 1 rep effectively shitposting on social media and the US government actually doing something.
Regardless I agree, it's not a good look
They are subject to the same bullying and will do exactly as they're told. They are not moral stalwarts.
I'm very against banning websites, however social media as a whole is doing detrimental harm to children and adults alike so I would not shed a tear as long as we also ban meta/tiktok/YouTube shorts.
You would then have to ban the VPNs as usage will just accelerate if that happens.
The result would be no better than what happened to TikTok when that went offline in the US.
Hmm. Not convinced this illegal undressing is a technical bug.
Now wherever I look at, from far left to far right, virtually no one fully support the BS they're currently pushing, even the usual bootlicking lapdogs are staying silent. In recent German polls about which countries are considered partners the US is barely ahead of Russia.
Interesting. I thought AfD is ahead in the polls and very pro-Russian, how do I reconcile these observations?
Also the typical AfD Voter doesn't like Trump or the US. Especially after they threatened some small port in Eastern Germany with sanctions over North Stream 2 (not that they liked them much before, but that fell on a very fertile soil)
Germany is a multi-party system where no single party is expected to get an absolute majority.
AfD polling is around the 25% mark, which is about the same as the other highest contender, but the remaining 50% of the votes do actually count and get representation in government, they're not lost and forgotten, it's not winner-takes-all.
From the inside, I feel the cultural rot runs deep, political tension is high even among family, and the institutional inertia will prevent us from making the necessary political reform (end gerrymandering, end legalized bribery, reform our voting system to eliminate the 2 party system) before violent internal conflict occurs.
It's driven by both electoral realities (the US political map and system now favour extreme views), and a level of impunity regarding consequences elsewhere (both within and outside the US).
A lot of bots are posting pornographic content or selling illegal items on that platform. And since many of the bots are "verified", it is harder to filter them out completely. The whole thing is a mess at this point.
EDIT: Unfortunately, some here continue to deny this and it's widely known that Mastodon (and the top servers) have been infested with CP and it is still big in Japan [0][1] for years.
Excluding the default instance, the top 3 Mastodon servers (Pawoo, baragg (d_o_t) net, and mstdn (d-o-t) jp) are the biggest and have tons of CSAM.
The common denial, Exhibit A. [2]
[0] https://ethanzuckerman.com/2017/08/18/mastodon-is-big-in-jap...
[1] https://htxt.co.za/2023/07/child-abuse-material-is-thriving-...
> There are always technical bugs during the early phases of new technology, especially AI, and those issues are typically addressed quickly.
But this is precisely the point - they haven't been addressed quickly, they've been excused and generally ignored/used to troll. I believe they've now been moved behind a paywall, which is certainly one way to communicate how you feel about CSAM material.
> Let’s be clear: this is not about technical compliance. This is a political war against @elonmusk and free speech—nothing more.
Hardly - X has acted without any real consequence here for ages, despite turning into an absolute cesspit. MPs, Ministers, government departments - many are still using it despite everything. That aside, that a different country has slightly different views on free speech than (part of) your own country is not, in any way, a crime. Most nations have some speech which is restricted, at least in some circumstances, the US is no exception to this.
Now, onto the "inspiration"...
> The UK jails people for calling rapists "pigs."
Does it? Show me. Show me the case where that has happened. Our legal rulings are public.
> ...various other unhinged lunacy until...
> Starmer is just punishing a platform that won't bend the knee.
Do these people have the concept of irony surgically extracted? Everything Trump does is generally about punishing people that won't bend the knee/pay him/hand over a chunk of their Kingdom. "Country actually enforces own law" shouldn't really be a headline, but I guess for these people it is now...
Grok has had censorship functions before. But someone found a week or so ago they can ask Grok to redraw clothes as bikinis. Not sure if this was a real SNAFU, not intentional.
You heard the prime minister yesterday. He was abundantly clear that X needs to act, and needs to act now. It is time for X to grip this issue.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/09/no-10-con...
Literally already happened, two weeks ago (Thierry Breton / Digital Services Act).
Does US trying to apply the golden rule of the golden rules: "Who has the gold writes the rule"?
It's a mix of things - most platforms like x and fb being based in the US, US free speech laws, the gold thing etc.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46374248 ("Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US (theguardian.com)"; 16 days ago, 39 comments)
("Rogers called [Thierry] Breton – who served as the European Commissioner for the internal market from 2019-2024 – “a mastermind” of the [Digital Services Act]")
That was, like this, a direct conflict between Elon Musk and EU regulators over illegal content, which resulted in Musk effecting US foreign policy, and sanctioning a top EU official.
other than maybe you looked at some eceleb cancer funny and got mass reported
or “voted for the wrong person.” The definition of which apparently changes on the whims of advertisers, empaneled government boards behind closed doors, or whoever buys the company—
(who, themselves might have the freedom to switch and vocally support different parties from one election to the next. But not you.)
curious.
I wish Luna and her colleagues would be as ardent about defending the 1A rights of Americans using these platforms in America, as she is about… anyone, anywhere in the world except for Americans.
So they can draft and or pass a bill cracking down on and sanctioning a whole entire government for suppressing speech of non Americans.
Twice! For Brazil and UK!
But they won’t draft or pass a bill that touches Meta or X or their ilk for suppressing legal, respectfully posited, non-obscene , non-violent speech of Americans. Speech where the only issue is that it displeases Toyota or Apple or Debbie Schultz or Allison Fauci … or whomever.
They’re not protecting UK citizens or anyone. They’re protecting the platforms and their income streams. That’s why they won’t ever do that.
I’m trying to be nice here but the nicest word I have for the United States Congress rn is “useless.”
But do not be ridiculous - Musk's AI generating child porn is not an "excuse" to ban it, it is a reason to ban it. Banning the generation of child porn is not repressing free speech, it is enforcing decency and protecting children.
If Grok cannot be configured to prevent the generation of child porn ( can that be done, Musk ? ), it must be banned. And that should happen in every decent country.
[ This comment has been copied from an unpopular version of this discussion - why doesn't HN merge duplicate threads ? ]
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What legislation? The US needed none in previous cases e.g. https://europeannewsroom.com/us-bans-visa-for-breton-he-cens...