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Summary

Elon Musk faces backlash in Germany for using X (formerly Twitter) to amplify far-right narratives, endorse the AfD party, and insult German leaders.

Prominent organizations, universities, and public figures have abandoned X, calling it a hub for hate speech and misinformation.

German officials are debating whether to leave the platform but remain active for now, citing the need to reach users.

Critics argue Musk’s influence skews political discourse globally, as his actions challenge Europe’s political neutrality and ignite debates over regulating billionaire-controlled platforms.

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[–] skvlp@lemm.ee 81 points 1 year ago

Don’t consider. Do!

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 54 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Elon Musk is a terrorist.

Weaponized influence and money against governments and people.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yet another bullet point on the list of examples that foreign countries dump their worst, most destructive individuals into the US.

SEND MUSK BACK TO AFRICA

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 6 points 1 year ago

Fookan prawns.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

And still just a soft, squishy human.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. Fucking. Shit.

You should be ditching it from your entire country if you don't want this fascist prick sabotaging your democracy.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, if you want to use social media for your communications, spin up a Mastodon instance that you control instead of relying on some foreign corporation. Especially now that you can't even properly load Twitter without an account anyway.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. Governmental institutions should hand out mastodon IDs like they hand out email addresses. Then, when they are no longer a member they lose their official voice.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Wtf, debating whether to leave.

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What would even be the point in staying? There are so many better options.

[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

In the summary it says they’re staying due to the need to reach users….like there aren other ways.

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago

Garbage "news". Can we normalize not writing stupid articles about people considering shit

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 10 points 1 year ago

consider

"I don't know Klaus, should we keep holding court at this Nazi bar?"

[–] sith@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 year ago

They should've done that years ago. Twitter was a shit show long before Elon took over. And there are barely any normies on X. So public official presence isn't necessary. Neither from a democratic nor an election winning viewpoint.

Consider. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Elon Musk would be a perfect Bond villain at this point

[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

The problem is, whilst people leave, it is still there with its Russian bots spewing hate into an echo chamber with numpties lapping it up.

[–] Jinni@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How about you learn from us and YOUR OWN HISTORY!

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The existence of AfD proves that laws banning fascism simply don't work. The entire strategy is designed to undermine and overthrow representative liberal democracy, which is why it is so adept at worming its way around the legal system and coopting positions of power.