Europe gives Elon Musk 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation and violence on X::Thierry Breton, the European commissioner for the internal market, warns Elon Musk about disinformation on X related to the Israel-Hamas conflict.

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      I deleted my Twitter at the beginning of this year. Never used it much, just followed a lot of metal bands on it. I don’t regret it for a single second. Everyday since, it’s just been one giant non-stop shit show. It’s sad to see so many still use it, but for my own good conscience, I can’t support that platform in any way. I avoid it like the plague.

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        I’ve only used it like 5 times to contact airlines. Their social media team seems better staffed and more helpful than the hotline. Tried using it in the early days, but the 160 char limit was a total turnoff for me. Felt like back in the 90’s with a 160 char limit imposed on text messages, and everybody using cryptic abbreviations. That almost triggered some high school PTSD. And when they changed that I was already too far immersed in other channels to get my updates to really bother trying again.

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      He’s basically the new Trump, in that for five years you could not escape Trump’s fucking face on every website you visited. Perhaps Musk isn’t quite that level, but he’s not far off. He’s in the news an insane amount, and it’s basically as annoying as Trump, only he’s not as ugly or stupid.

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        Elon is Desantis. Like him or not, Trump makes great TV. Its like the best thriller ever created. Elon is fine when other people talk about him. But when he’s on TV, he’s boring just like Ron. He’s got no personality.

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        These people gotta worship someone because they lack any sort of self identity of their own and critical thinking skills.

        They need a leader to tell them what to do.

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          Are you assuming there’s so much bad coverage of Musk because people worship him? It’s almost always dunking on how much of an idiot he is and hoping he loses lots of money.

          I understand it can be legitimately annoying to hear about some people repeatedly, but when the discourse is about how awful those people are, you’re better off just not clicking the link. Let people who want to eat popcorn at the circus do so and leave the circus.

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        I still see Trumps face everywhere, though primarily on left wing media. Oddly enough, I see it there more than I do on right wing media. (Gotta see what both sides are saying, the truth is in the middle somewhere)

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      I miss Apollo where yoy could block any keyword which prevented me from seeing commwnts or posts that contained specific text…

      Edit: someone below pointed out Voyager can do this in theur web app! Thanks again dude!

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        What app or webui are you using? Most of them have keyword filters now.

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            I primarily use Thunder, but Mlem, Memmy, and Arctic have filters afaik. Avelon has filters but you need to pay for it. That’s what I’ve seen with what I’ve tested. Liftoff only has blocking of users/communities.

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        Arctic has separate filters for the post body and post title, which is really nice.

        Avelon has keyword filtering and also supports instance blocking.

        Both have been great!

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          Voyager has it on their web app, I need to update my post. I checked out Avelon and it looms you you must pay for upgraded app to filter. No thanks.

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            Ah, didn’t realize that was a paid feature (already paid so I can’t see what is or isn’t paid).

            I’m not a fan of web apps, they’re much slower than native. Arctic is completely free for all features, so that could be a better choice for someone wanting filters and a native experience. It’s still in TestFlight at the moment, link in sidebar for its community.

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      i believe the is a chrome/firefox extension where you can block news about certain people. I dont remember how it’s called.

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      The hair restoration treatment is now out of control and he’s slowly turning into the wolfman.

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        Tenorman: Alright alright, I’ll trade you my pubes back for the money.

        Musk: You will? Oh, cool!

        Tenorman: How much did I charge? Oh, yeah, $10.

        Tenorman: You got change for a 20?

        Musk: Oh, uh…

        Musk: I only got six dollars and 12 cents.

        Tenorman: Oh, well, that’s okay.

        Tenorman: Here, just give me the six dollars and then I’ll give you the 20.

        Musk: Okay.

        Tenorman: Now, give me the pubes and I’ll give you back two dollars.

        Musk: Right.

        Tenorman: Now, give me the 12 cents And I’ll give you the rest of your change back.

        Musk: Cool.

        Tenorman: And then give me the 20 and I’ll give you the pubes.

        Musk: Sweet!

        Musk: Uh- Ah, Godammit!

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    Musk is about to learn why getting rid of the content moderation department wasn’t very cost-saving to the operation of his platform.

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    “Thierry Breton, the European commissioner for the internal market, said in a letter addressed to Musk on Tuesday that his office has “indications” that groups are spreading misinformation and “violent and terrorist” content on X, and urged the billionaire to respond within a 24-hour period.”

    Sounds like it’s just a strongly worded letter.