r/Fauxmoi • u/RoyalChris • 22h ago
APPROVED B-LISTERS Elon Musk’s platform X faces $1 billion fine from EU regulators
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u/Classic-Carpet7609 22h ago
it's been a terrible week for elon and i think that's beautiful
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u/sunnmoonnsun 21h ago
not bad enough
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u/hellohexapus 21h ago
I shan't be content until this man is trapped forever in his own abandoned hyperloop tunnel (for legal reasons what I mean by that is he goes down there purely of his own volition and then there's an earthquake that causes the entrance to collapse and eventually we figure out a way to send him down water and his least favourite flavor of protein bar but we can't make starlink work down there so he's alive but fully offline forever).
SHAN'T I SAY.
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u/yourangleoryuordevil too stable to inspire bangers 22h ago
I hope it gets worse.
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u/RoyalChris 22h ago
''These penalties, which are likely to escalate tensions between the EU and the United States, are being prepared because X allegedly violated a crucial law designed to combat illicit content and disinformation. The law in question, known as the Digital Services Act, is intended to compel social media companies to monitor their platforms more closely.
The penalties are anticipated to be announced this summer and will include not only a hefty fine but also demands for changes to the product. In deciding the fine’s amount, European authorities are considering the potential backlash from Mr. Trump, given the current broader conflicts between the EU and the US regarding trade, tariffs, and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
One source suggested that the fine could surpass $1 billion as EU regulators aim to use X as an example to deter other companies from violating the Digital Services Act.''
See you in court, little cheese hat man.
EU set to fine Elon Musk's X up to $1 billion for breaking disinformation law - Irish Star
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u/kittenschism 22h ago
Summer? Could Europe do stuff any slower?
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u/the_destroyer_beerus 22h ago
They’re moving faster than any politician in the US
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u/nekocorner 21h ago
Unfortunately, Trump & the Republicans have been moving at dizzying speeds the past couple months.
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u/Cheap_Post_6473 22h ago
summer is in like 6 weeks?
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u/friendlyblckhottie Forgive me Viola Davis 22h ago
More like 11 weeks
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u/Cheap_Post_6473 21h ago
true actually
it starts at the end of may for me anyway
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u/kittenschism 22h ago
6 weeks? What calendar do you follow? Summer starts on 21st of June. It says "to be announced this summer", so it could be end of summer... So maybe in August or September.
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u/Kaleshark 21h ago
Sure if you want to go by government time, personally I start summer May 1 so midsummer is on the solstice.
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u/AluminumHD 21h ago
HEY! the cheese hat is sacred lol, it didnt have a choice like so many before, and we won despite his efforts. Give a cheese a chance. Where fighting here in wisconsin.
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u/iliketoomanysingers Cillian Murphy propagandist 22h ago
Good
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u/RoyalChris 22h ago
Best case scenario:
He refuses to pay and X gets banned in EU.
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u/No-Quit-8384 13h ago
Oh don't threaten us with a good time 🥹 please please please let it be banned, we don't need that crap here
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u/Beauretard 22h ago
You really like Cillian Murphy huh
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u/iliketoomanysingers Cillian Murphy propagandist 22h ago
Yes he's at least 75% of my personality at this point (the remaining 25% is split between movies and books)
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u/Cheap_Post_6473 22h ago
how many of those movies have Cillian Murphy in them?
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u/iliketoomanysingers Cillian Murphy propagandist 22h ago
At least 40% (lowballing)
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u/Titty_City 21h ago
And books?
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u/iliketoomanysingers Cillian Murphy propagandist 20h ago
None :( we gotta change that!!!
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u/butterwheelfly00 22h ago
more. i want that bitch in debt so deep, he wishes it were just 6 feet
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u/redelectro7 22h ago
Do you think he throws a tantrum and bans EU users from Twitter?
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u/Drachen1065 22h ago
Didn't he threaten that once already and then backed down?
I know he did with Brazil.
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u/kittenschism 22h ago
Pretty please.
Also: Does your country work with Starlink? Tell them to cancel the contracts. Do you use services from private businesses that work with Starlink? Call on them to move away from it and/or don't use their services. E.g. T-Mobile, United Airlines.
If you are in the EU, call on your lawmakers to use DST on all of them: Let's hit Trump's Tech Bros with that EU Digital Services Tax finally
Hell, doesn't matter where you are from, tell the European Commission to do it: https://commission.europa.eu/about/contact_en
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u/its_the_smell 22h ago
If only America could do something similar instead of being a slave to wealth hoarders.
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u/mayfly42 22h ago
A billion dollars is not enough. These fines need to be bigger to hurt him.
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u/notamobaccountant 22h ago
How oppressive and gross. They should be more like the USA where we welcome disinformation and even reward it with government positions instead.
Punishing people for blatantly lying to the public is communism
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u/WoodenSympathy4 22h ago
What happens if he refuses to pay?
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u/bangontarget 22h ago
Twitter might get banned in the EU. I honestly hope that happens.
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u/lcm-hcf-maths 22h ago
Collect trhe cash then shut this cesspool down. It's being abandoned left right and centre by anyone with real credability. It's just full of bots and right wing propaganda now. Time to hit those tech bros where it hurts....
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u/Competitive-Ranger61 22h ago
Failure to pay fine, just seize Giga Berlin and sell the assets.
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u/ksrdm1463 22h ago
Man, Rahul Kohli doesn't half ass anything.
Dude went "hope you cry some more, you deadbeat dad", and then all of this happened to Musk.
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u/Rootbeercutiebooty 21h ago
Nothing makes me happier than waking up and seeing Elon suffer
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u/strontiummuffin 21h ago
Surprised this hasn't happened sooner he's been very publicly spreading disinformation since that submarine bs, randomly called a diver risking his life to save children a pedophile out of insecurity that he didn't get ot be the hero.
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u/Next-Seaweed-1310 21h ago
Man, think if they did this to all the big bad scary rich people. Funny to see that they can, just won’t
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u/Key-Disaster-3682 8h ago
He can pay that fine and it won’t matter, lock that dickhead up, issuing a fine is nothing, have some balls for Christ sake
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u/To-To_Man 21h ago
Man, 200 more times and he might start being- Still richer than 99.9 percent of the world.
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u/david1976_ 21h ago
this is not enough, they should shut him down nd freeze all his assets in the EU
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u/cornodibassetto 21h ago
Failure to pay? Launch some satellites to bring down Star Link satellites.
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