“Does it follow that I reject all authority? Far from me such a thought. In the matter of boots, I refer to the authority of the bootmaker; concerning houses, canals, or railroads, I consult that of the architect or engineer. For such or such special knowledge I apply to such or such a savant. But I allow neither the bootmaker nor the architect nor the savant to impose his authority upon me.”
— Mikhail Bakunin, God and the State (via philosophybits)
Twitterâs faced this law before, and they had strong filters to block Nazi content in Germany. (It was part of how we knew damn well they had the tools to block or remove hate speech⌠because they did it in countries where it was illegal.)
It looks like Elonâs changes have included removing the anti-Nazi filters from Germany or their moderation team can no longer keep up with reports.
Or both. Both is also likely.
Anyway. The lawsuit is over activity for the last four months, so this isnât âsome bits & pieces kept slipping through for the last many years, and weâre finally annoyed enough to do something about it.â
Germanyâs Federal Office of Justice today announced(Opens in a new window) it had started âfine proceedingsâ against Twitter for possibly violating the countryâs Network Enforcement Act. The law essentially requires social media companies to act within 24 hours to remove âclearly illegalâ content after itâs been reported, and within seven days to remove other less-obvious illegal postings.Â
24 hours is⌠not a lot of time, since that includes weekends and the reports may be coming in well outside of US business hours.
But. In the past, Twitter managed them. Of course, operating on a skeleton-crew staff, they may not have 24/7 moderation coverage anymore. And Elon doesnât want content removed because someone thinks itâs offensive.
My guess: Germany gets its ruling and Twitter refuses to pay up. Theyâve been skipping a lot of payments recently.
And then he starts screaming when every advertiser with an office in Germany pulls their ads under threats from the German government. Oh, and German ISPs will then block Twitter entirely. (Which was the threat that got them to create the anti-Nazi filter in the first place - Twitter wasnât concerned about fines, but they didnât want to be blocked in a substantial portion of the EU.)
According to netzpolitik.org the fine is up to 5 million âŹ, not 50 million
To be clear here, the fine isnât whatâs important, itâs the possibility of twitter being blocked completely in Germany
Because many of you wonât know this but nazi rhetoric and symbols are highly illegal here, in all forms. A Hitler salute alone falls under two separate laws actually and can get you locked up for 3 years (usage of nazi symbols) or even 5 (hate speech).
So that the German law enforcement clocked this means Musk either has to haul ass or lose an entire market
La rebeliĂłn de las muertas (1973) Italian Posters
AKA Vengeance of the Zombies, Zombi V: Vengeance, Walk of the Dead, Vengeance of the Female Zombies, Vengeance of the Zombies, The Rebellion of the Dead Women, Revolt of the Dead Ones
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