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E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against X

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139 points dotcoma | 2 comments | 06 Apr 25 17:47 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jrepinc ◴[06 Apr 25 18:05 UTC] No.43603480[source]▶
Good, it is a start. And much better would be for those EU politicians, journalists and other people to move to Mastodon, Pixelfed, and similar independent platforms. That would make a much better example.
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pimeys ◴[06 Apr 25 18:23 UTC] No.43603622[source]▶
I can't understand why government offices for many countries are still on Twitter. At least Germany has their own mastodon service, but my home country Finland still uses Twitter.
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abdullahkhalids ◴[06 Apr 25 19:11 UTC] No.43604075[source]▶
I understand why everyone is one Twitter - because people and important people/orgs are there. What I don't understand is, why not also publish the posts on a Mastodon account. You don't have to engage there, but at least don't force people to use Twitter.
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1. MiguelX413 ◴[07 Apr 25 17:16 UTC] No.43613744{3}[source]▶
> I understand why everyone is one Twitter

False premise, most people are not on Twitter. Outside of Japan and the US, comparatively few people use Twitter.

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2. abdullahkhalids ◴[07 Apr 25 18:58 UTC] No.43614698[source]▶
In Pakistan Twitter is banned (and blocked by ISPs) because Twitter won't ban the accounts of people/orgs the Pakistani State doesn't like. So, Twitter is not accessible in Pakistan without VPN (which are psuedo banned as well).

Yet, all the politicians (both government and non-government), media personalities, and many state run institutions actively run Twitter accounts. So it is one of the primary ways to understand what they are saying.