Twitter axes European Commission's ad account after €120M EU fine(politico.eu)
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Twitter axes European Commission's ad account after €120M EU fine
https://www.politico.eu/article/x-axes-european-commissions-ad-account-after-e120m-eu-fine/
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> Something self-hosted, using ActivityPub, for example?
There is one: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/public/local
There is one: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/public/local
https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/1156677153...
Deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’
Lack of transparency of its advertising repository
Failure to provide access to public data for researchers
Deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’
Lack of transparency of its advertising repository
Failure to provide access to public data for researchers
This seems like a really odd take. What you're effectively advocating for here is for people not to see information about publicly funded services, because ultimately centralised for-profit services own user attention, & therefore govern what the majority of people see.
> why not use a free social media outlet?
This would be fine if people used free social media outlets. They don't. Short of banning private social media, I don't see what governments can do to change that.
> why not use a free social media outlet?
This would be fine if people used free social media outlets. They don't. Short of banning private social media, I don't see what governments can do to change that.
> Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, accused the EU executive of trying to amplify its own social media post about the fine on X by trying “to take advantage of an exploit in our Ad Composer.”
For those that haven’t followed Nikita Bier on Twitter, he’s a childish and immature person. The way he talks about changes at X is completely unprofessional. So this type of deceptive revenge action is completely in character. I guess Elon hired him for that reason.
For those that haven’t followed Nikita Bier on Twitter, he’s a childish and immature person. The way he talks about changes at X is completely unprofessional. So this type of deceptive revenge action is completely in character. I guess Elon hired him for that reason.
Related:
X hit with $140M EU fine for breaching content rules
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46163721
X hit with $140M EU fine for breaching content rules
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46163721
They should have left X a long time ago. Now is not too late.
So childish.
Even having a free account seems wrong to me. The European Commission could post news, updates on its work and polls on the official European Commission site. I don't think the government should favor corporate social media sites or have anything to do with them in the first place. If they feel like posting on their own site is not enough, why not use a free social media outlet? Something self-hosted, using ActivityPub, for example?