Elon Musk is considering taking X out of Europe amid EU compliance investigation
www.businessinsider.com
As X, formerly Twitter, faces increased scrutiny in the EU and use falls, Elon Musk has floated drastic action.
  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
    18·
    11 months ago

    Clearly nothing shady at all when your company makes threats (empty or otherwise) that they’re gonna disappear from your country if you investigate them for incompliance.

    Nothing to see here, just move along. /s

  • Foni@lemm.eeEnglish
    14·
    11 months ago

    Facebook said the same thing a few years ago and here I am, waiting for them to go away

    • misk@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      9·
      11 months ago

      Mark Zuckerberg, for all his flaws, seems to be a functioning adult.

      • Gamey@feddit.deEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        And a somewhat calculating buisiness man, I have far higher hopes for little Elon in this case!

  • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    14·
    11 months ago

    The fact that he says he’s “considering it” means he’s not going to do it.

    Otherwise he would have just done it. This is a ploy to have his cake and eat it by issuing empty threats.

    • N4CHEM@lemmy.mlEnglish
      9·
      11 months ago

      Eh, he “considered” buying Twitter and was forced to fulfill his agreement. Maybe we get lucky and it happens again.

    • dEVbiKub@feddit.nuEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Exactly, considering before acting hasn’t really been his style since placing his bid on the company, shooting from the hip on the other hand…

    • HughJanus@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Likely he will let it play out as long as possible. But eventually he’ll have to. He’s made it abundantly clear this far that he doesn’t care about the money and complying with these laws wouldn’t mean going against the whole reason he bought it in the first place.

    • bbbhltz@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      The fake news, the misinformation, the amplifiers, the conspiracies, etc… Losing Twitter would be a win. It would be wonderful to be able to crack down on some of the groups on things like Telegram and FB and WhatsApp. The blatant lies they spread. And lies about lies too.

      My wife is part of a group like this. And over the past week, as you can imagine, the channel is rife with bullshit. They have posted fake things, then deleted them and claimed they were hacked to explain why the post was made or deleted. And people were like, “oh yeah sure that makes sense”

  • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    11 months ago

    Perhaps Mr. Musk would be receptive to the following message:

    Hey Musk! You’re not a bitch like Zuckerberg right? Show the world the man that you are and pull out of the EU like you mean it! I dare you! You won’t if you got no balls!

  • Ziggurat@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    51·
    11 months ago

    Please do-it

    Casse toi pauvre con

    Bitte, die Tür is offen

    Me voy a beber champagne si se occure