Comment on European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X

unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Pechente@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah it’s a shame that everyone is only pulling out after the US election. They should have done it a year or even two ago.

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  • theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It was not super clear at the outset that X was becoming a platform for fascists. We knew Musk was a shit heel capitalist, but this alone is not a reason to leave a platform. Most social media is run by selfish capitalists, it is simply the way of the world. It was becoming more apparent over the course of this year that Musk was playing with the algorithm to boost himself and people that paid him money, and we knew Musk was reinstating banned accounts in the name of “free speech”. But it wasn’t until election day (week?) when the platform explicitly endorsed Donald Trump that we knew the platform had been completely transformed into a pro-fascism platform. Remember that to most people, conservative and fascist don’t mean the same thing. My personal opinion is that the modern conservative movement has completely shifted into fascism, and anyone who says they are conservative is endorsing fascism. But this is not how the majority sees things.

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    • ubergeek@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Musk literally told everyone he was bringing back all the fash assholes that were banned, and to do everything to amplify their voices.

      Did nobody believe him when he literally told everyone it was the plan?

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