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brestugo 09/26/23 5:22:37 PM #1:	https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/musks-biggest-purveyor-disinformation-eu-official-103491878 A top European Union official said Tuesday that the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, is the biggest source of fake news and urged owner Elon Musk to comply with the bloc's laws aimed at combating disinformation. Ahead of upcoming elections, Google, TikTok, Microsoft and Meta also have more to do to tackle disinformation, much of it coming from *Russia, which is using social media to wage a war of ideas" against democracy, European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said.* *Moscow's disinformation operation is a multimillion-euro weapon of mass manipulation* aimed both internally at the Russians as well as at Europeans and the rest of the world, she said at a press briefing in Brussels. With elections scheduled in Slovakia and Poland in the coming weeks and a bloc-wide vote next year, big online platforms must address the risk of online meddling, she said. *The Kremlin and other malicious actors will try to use the design features of the platforms to manipulate,* Jourova said. She was providing an update on the 27-nation *EU's 2022 Code of Practice on Disinformation.* Google, TikTok, Microsoft and Facebook and Instagram parent Meta signed up to the voluntary code last year, but Twitter dropped out after Musk bought the platform. *X is the platform with the largest ratio of mis- or disinformation posts, Jourova said.* *An email to the company's press team seeking comment resulted in an automatically generated reply that said, Busy now, please check back later.* The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, released a study of six online platforms in Poland, Slovakia and Spain that found *Twitter had the highest prevalence of disinformation and biggest ratio of disinformation actors.* Twitter has the highest discoverability of disinformation, the report said. Jourova warned Musk that "he is not off the hook" just because his company dropped out of the code. The code has been incorporated into a strict new set of mandatory European regulations known as the Digital Services Act, which subjects the biggest online platforms, including X, to the highest level of scrutiny. Now, there are obligations given by the hard law, so my message for Twitter is: *You have to comply with the hard law, and we will be watching what you are doing,* she said. Under the code, online platforms agree to commit to measures aimed at reducing disinformation and have to file reports on a regular basis. After submitting baseline reports, their first six-month reports outlining how theyre living up to those promises were released Tuesday. --- Putin delenda est <cite>brestugo posted [p:976321855] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/musks-biggest-purveyor-disinformation-eu-official-103491878<quote>A top European Union official said Tuesday that the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, is the biggest source of fake news and urged owner Elon Musk to comply with the bloc's laws aimed at combating disinformation.Ahead of upcoming elections, Google, TikTok, Microsoft and Meta also have more to do to tackle disinformation, much of it coming from Russia, which is using social media to wage a war of ideas" against democracy, European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said.Moscow's disinformation operation is a multimillion-euro weapon of mass manipulation aimed both internally at the Russians as well as at Europeans and the rest of the world, she said at a press briefing in Brussels.With elections scheduled in Slovakia and Poland in the coming weeks and a bloc-wide vote next year, big online platforms must address the risk of online meddling, she said.The Kremlin and other malicious actors will try to use the design features of the platforms to manipulate, Jourova said.She was providing an update on the 27-nation EU's 2022 Code of Practice on Disinformation. Google, TikTok, Microsoft and Facebook and Instagram parent Meta signed up to the voluntary code last year, but Twitter dropped out after Musk bought the platform.X is the platform with the largest ratio of mis- or disinformation posts, Jourova said.An email to the company's press team seeking comment resulted in an automatically generated reply that said, Busy now, please check back later.The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, released a study of six online platforms in Poland, Slovakia and Spain that found Twitter had the highest prevalence of disinformation and biggest ratio of disinformation actors.Twitter has the highest discoverability of disinformation, the report said.Jourova warned Musk that "he is not off the hook" just because his company dropped out of the code. The code has been incorporated into a strict new set of mandatory European regulations known as the Digital Services Act, which subjects the biggest online platforms, including X, to the highest level of scrutiny.Now, there are obligations given by the hard law, so my message for Twitter is: You have to comply with the hard law, and we will be watching what you are doing, she said.Under the code, online platforms agree to commit to measures aimed at reducing disinformation and have to file reports on a regular basis.After submitting baseline reports, their first six-month reports outlining how theyre living up to those promises were released Tuesday.</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Phantom_Nook 09/26/23 5:23:37 PM #2:	yes, that's the point. --- currently waiting for my turn in Master Duel. <cite>Phantom_Nook posted [p:976321874] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>yes, that's the point. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TomClark 09/26/23 5:23:50 PM #3:	I'm shocked. Shocked! Well not that shocked. --- http://i.imgur.com/6eF0W.gif <cite>TomClark posted [p:976321878] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>I'm shocked. Shocked! Well not that shocked. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kradek 09/26/23 5:26:53 PM #4:	Phantom_Nook posted... yes, that's the point. All that really needs to be said. --- My metal band, Ivory King, has 2 songs out now - allmylinks.com/ivorykingtx (all of our links there so you can choose which one you'd prefer to use) <cite>Kradek posted [p:976321931] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>Phantom_Nook posted... </cite><quote>yes, that's the point.</quote>All that really needs to be said. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Funkydog 09/26/23 5:26:56 PM #5:	So working as intended? --- Let's make biscuits! <cite>Funkydog posted [p:976321933] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>So working as intended? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CableZL 09/26/23 5:28:21 PM #6:	My verified notifications on Twitter used to be from celebrities, companies, federal/state/local entities, reporters, etc. Now it's just Trump supporters saying the dumbest shit possible on various topics. --- https://i.imgtc.com/d9Fc4Qq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/BKHTxYq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/vYYIuDx.jpg <cite>CableZL posted [p:976321957] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>My verified notifications on Twitter used to be from celebrities, companies, federal/state/local entities, reporters, etc. Now it's just Trump supporters saying the dumbest shit possible on various topics. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Alucard188 09/26/23 5:39:43 PM #8:	CableZL posted... My verified notifications on Twitter used to be from celebrities, companies, federal/state/local entities, reporters, etc. Now it's just Trump supporters saying the dumbest shit possible on various topics. Twitterverified idiots get pushed to the top of every topic and amplified. The platform is a gross disservice to society and should be closed down. Time to turn off the servers. --- Face it Cloud is a gaming icon and has appered in lots of games while mario has only appeared in 2 games sunshine and 64~xSlashbomBx <cite>Alucard188 posted [p:976322134] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>CableZL posted... </cite><quote>My verified notifications on Twitter used to be from celebrities, companies, federal/state/local entities, reporters, etc. Now it's just Trump supporters saying the dumbest shit possible on various topics.</quote>Twitterverified idiots get pushed to the top of every topic and amplified. The platform is a gross disservice to society and should be closed down. Time to turn off the servers. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Voidgolem 09/26/23 5:46:40 PM #9:	There has to be a middle ground where brainlet replyguys aren't being boosted and everywhere while still allowing creatives and news stuff and memes and whatnot to still flow Like, there's a lot of good there. It's just you have to relentlessly curate it and the lunatic in charge only seems interested in his stupid ideological war --- Variable General Veeg, at your service <cite>Voidgolem posted [p:976322268] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>There has to be a middle ground where brainlet replyguys aren't being boosted and everywhere while still allowing creatives and news stuff and memes and whatnot to still flowLike, there's a lot of good there. It's just you have to relentlessly curate it and the lunatic in charge only seems interested in his stupid ideological war </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Voidgolem 09/26/23 5:48:41 PM #11:	Well yes, that'd work It continues to baffle me that it's just...that easy for some rich dude to roll in and fuck things up for everyone apropos of nothing besides "my family hates me". Feel like there should be some kinda guard against that kinda thing --- Variable General Veeg, at your service <cite>Voidgolem posted [p:976322294] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>Well yes, that'd workIt continues to baffle me that it's just...that easy for some rich dude to roll in and fuck things up for everyone apropos of nothing besides "my family hates me". Feel like there should be some kinda guard against that kinda thing </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Agent_Stroud 09/26/23 5:50:54 PM #12:	Alucard188 posted... Twitterverified idiots get pushed to the top of every topic and amplified. The platform is a gross disservice to society and should be closed down. Time to turn off the servers. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/3/AAR6WtAAEidR.jpg --- "We're going to shake things up, Morgan. Like old times." -- Alex Yu, Prey (2017) <cite>Agent_Stroud posted [p:976322335] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>Alucard188 posted... </cite><quote>Twitterverified idiots get pushed to the top of every topic and amplified. The platform is a gross disservice to society and should be closed down. Time to turn off the servers.</quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/3/AAR6WtAAEidR.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeybub89 09/26/23 5:54:01 PM #13:	Agent_Stroud posted... https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/3/AAR6WtAAEidR.jpg Yeah who wants breaking news and meaningful information all in one place when they can just get your ilk cheering each other on for saying the most hateful things you can think of? Elon truly saved us by turning Twitter into a far-right safe space --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png he/him/they/them <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:976322387] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>Agent_Stroud posted... </cite><quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/3/AAR6WtAAEidR.jpg</quote>Yeah who wants breaking news and meaningful information all in one place when they can just get your ilk cheering each other on for saying the most hateful things you can think of?Elon truly saved us by turning Twitter into a far-right safe space </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tom_Joad 09/26/23 6:26:11 PM #14:	CableZL posted... My verified notifications on Twitter used to be from celebrities, companies, federal/state/local entities, reporters, etc. Now it's just Trump supporters saying the dumbest shit possible on various topics. And you are still on it... why? --- "History shows again and again that nature points out the folly of man. Go go Godzilla!" Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult <cite>Tom_Joad posted [p:976322923] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>CableZL posted... </cite><quote>My verified notifications on Twitter used to be from celebrities, companies, federal/state/local entities, reporters, etc. Now it's just Trump supporters saying the dumbest shit possible on various topics.</quote>And you are still on it... why? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ssk9716757 09/26/23 6:27:24 PM #15:	https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/1/9/AAF-1hAAE4Cn.jpg --- "GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site." -CJayC <cite>ssk9716757 posted [p:976322957] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/1/9/AAF-1hAAE4Cn.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
chaos_knight 09/26/23 6:27:58 PM #16:	If the EU threatened to outright ban X/Twitter, maybe Musk would take this seriously. --- Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl XLVIII Champions <cite>chaos_knight posted [p:976322966] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>If the EU threatened to outright ban X/Twitter, maybe Musk would take this seriously. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CableZL 09/26/23 6:46:03 PM #17:	Tom_Joad posted... And you are still on it... why? I follow a lot of reporters who are using Twitter to report on: January 6th capitol rioter arrests and court cases Lawsuits and indictments against Trump, including the details of appeals and various motions made by prosecutors and defense lawyers. I also follow lawyers who explain certain details of the above two things I still follow those state/local/federal entities. I live in Texas, and ERCOT will often announce things related to our power grid on Twitter before the state notifies people via emergency text messages. --- https://i.imgtc.com/d9Fc4Qq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/BKHTxYq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/vYYIuDx.jpg <cite>CableZL posted [p:976323282] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>Tom_Joad posted... </cite><quote>And you are still on it... why?</quote>I follow a lot of reporters who are using Twitter to report on:January 6th capitol rioter arrests and court casesLawsuits and indictments against Trump, including the details of appeals and various motions made by prosecutors and defense lawyers. I also follow lawyers who explain certain details of the above two thingsI still follow those state/local/federal entities. I live in Texas, and ERCOT will often announce things related to our power grid on Twitter before the state notifies people via emergency text messages. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 09/26/23 6:51:51 PM #18:	chaos_knight posted... If the EU threatened to outright ban X/Twitter, maybe Musk would take this seriously. It's a big enough market and provides multilingual content. --- Putin delenda est <cite>brestugo posted [p:976323380] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>chaos_knight posted... </cite><quote>If the EU threatened to outright ban X/Twitter, maybe Musk would take this seriously.</quote>It's a big enough market and provides multilingual content. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LSGW_Zephyra 09/26/23 7:05:21 PM #19:	I feel like in national interest the government should just confiscate Twitter. I just listened to a Podcast on Elon's Lawsuit and he has been doing crimes at Twitter since day 1. --- Bioshock gave us a fictional world showing why libertarianism doesn't work. Cryptos/NFTs gave us the real world example (She/Her) <cite>LSGW_Zephyra posted [p:976323609] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>I feel like in national interest the government should just confiscate Twitter. I just listened to a Podcast on Elon's Lawsuit and he has been doing crimes at Twitter since day 1. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Strider102 09/26/23 7:11:02 PM #20:	We've known that for quite some time. --- "I dreamt I was a moron." <cite>Strider102 posted [p:976323692] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>We've known that for quite some time. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AbsolutelyNoOne 09/26/23 7:12:30 PM #21:	Wasn't German just going to outright ban Twitter for right wing bias or misinformation or something Did anything come out of that --- Born to lose, live to win! <cite>AbsolutelyNoOne posted [p:976323711] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>Wasn't German just going to outright ban Twitter for right wing bias or misinformation or somethingDid anything come out of that </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PballDepot 09/26/23 7:20:58 PM #22:	Putin loves "free speech" --- https://youtu.be/Nysb-m49Ol0?si=qo6rSvX3qdRngnMV <cite>PballDepot posted [p:976323845] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>Putin loves "free speech" </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 09/26/23 7:27:19 PM #23:	chaos_knight posted... If the EU threatened to outright ban X/Twitter, maybe Musk would take this seriously. Nah. Don't ban it because he can just accept the ban. Instead fine him more money than he would lose in the event of a ban. Like if he makes 20 million a year in EU revenue, fine him 40 million a year for the bad info until he does something about it and then if he doesn't pay sieze his assets and arrest him if he ever flies into Europe. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:976323961] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>chaos_knight posted... </cite><quote>If the EU threatened to outright ban X/Twitter, maybe Musk would take this seriously.</quote>Nah. Don't ban it because he can just accept the ban. Instead fine him more money than he would lose in the event of a ban. Like if he makes 20 million a year in EU revenue, fine him 40 million a year for the bad info until he does something about it and then if he doesn't pay sieze his assets and arrest him if he ever flies into Europe. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Agent_Stroud 09/26/23 9:38:47 PM #24:	hockeybub89 posted... Yeah who wants breaking news and meaningful information all in one place when they can just get your ilk cheering each other on for saying the most hateful things you can think of? Elon truly saved us by turning Twitter into a far-right safe space https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/2/2/AAR6WtAAEgoO.jpg --- "We're going to shake things up, Morgan. Like old times." -- Alex Yu, Prey (2017) <cite>Agent_Stroud posted [p:976326351] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>hockeybub89 posted... </cite><quote>Yeah who wants breaking news and meaningful information all in one place when they can just get your ilk cheering each other on for saying the most hateful things you can think of?Elon truly saved us by turning Twitter into a far-right safe space</quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/2/2/AAR6WtAAEgoO.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 09/27/23 6:22:41 AM #25:	Strider102 posted... We've known that for quite some time. Everyone knew, but the data is still important. One it shuts down psuedo analytical types like Ramaswamy who would argue " CiTaTiON pLeAsE" at the claim and two, the data shows "who, what and how", which is harder to discern from observation. --- Putin delenda est <cite>brestugo posted [p:976331295] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>Strider102 posted... </cite><quote>We've known that for quite some time.</quote>Everyone knew, but the data is still important. One it shuts down psuedo analytical types like Ramaswamy who would argue " CiTaTiON pLeAsE" at the claim and two, the data shows "who, what and how", which is harder to discern from observation. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TonyKojima 09/27/23 6:24:47 AM #26:	The EU should ban Twitter outright. --- Though the XBOX 360 is good in theory, it's hardware limitations say otherwise - Hideo Kojima <cite>TonyKojima posted [p:976331308] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>The EU should ban Twitter outright. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Intro2Logic 09/27/23 8:03:49 AM #27:	Related https://www.reuters.com/technology/musks-x-disabled-feature-reporting-electoral-misinformation-researcher-2023-09-27/ --- Have you tried thinking rationally? <cite>Intro2Logic posted [p:976332176] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>Relatedhttps://www.reuters.com/technology/musks-x-disabled-feature-reporting-electoral-misinformation-researcher-2023-09-27/ </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Intro2Logic 09/28/23 7:04:41 PM #28:	Related to the related thing: https://tinyurl.com/zafy3jy3 --- Have you tried thinking rationally? <cite>Intro2Logic posted [p:976363722] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>Related to the related thing: https://tinyurl.com/zafy3jy3 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Notti 10/01/23 7:58:35 AM #29:	You know what, he is worse than Fox now. --- http://m.youtube.com/TheYoungTurks/videos Bernie>Biden>poo>Trump http://RightWingWatch.org http://reddit.com/r/BreadTube http://fb.me/OccupyDemocrats <cite>Notti posted [p:976408055] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>You know what, he is worse than Fox now. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Alucard188 10/01/23 8:08:35 AM #30:	Elon Musk and Donald Trump. I look forward to the day where I never have to think about them ever again. --- Face it Cloud is a gaming icon and has appered in lots of games while mario has only appeared in 2 games sunshine and 64~xSlashbomBx <cite>Alucard188 posted [p:976408121] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>Elon Musk and Donald Trump. I look forward to the day where I never have to think about them ever again. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fenriswolf 10/01/23 8:18:52 AM #31:	TC, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. --- Hello <cite>Fenriswolf posted [p:976408204] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>TC, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ruvan22 10/01/23 8:31:09 AM #32:	Fenriswolf posted... TC, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. When did the EU peddle misinformation? <cite>Ruvan22 posted [p:976408311] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>Fenriswolf posted... </cite><quote>TC, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.</quote>When did the EU peddle misinformation?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fenriswolf 10/01/23 8:44:43 AM #33:	Ruvan22 posted... When did the EU peddle misinformation? Not the EU, but the user brestugo. --- Hello <cite>Fenriswolf posted [p:976408408] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>Ruvan22 posted... </cite><quote>When did the EU peddle misinformation?</quote>Not the EU, but the user brestugo. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ruvan22 10/01/23 9:51:47 AM #34:	Fenriswolf posted... Not the EU, but the user brestugo. Ahh <cite>Ruvan22 posted [p:976409063] in EU officia... [t:80578026]...</cite> <quote>Fenriswolf posted... </cite><quote>Not the EU, but the user brestugo.</quote>Ahh</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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