From Ambient Irony:
Daily News Stuff 28 May 2023
Frostbite Falls Edition
Top Story
Elon Musk has withdrawn Twitter from the European Union's "voluntary" program to control online "disinformation". (Tech Crunch)
The media, and the bureaucrats, who believe they have the sole right to spread disinformation, are taking this about about as well as can be expected, with Thierry Breton, head of the European Union's Josef Goebbels Memorial Happy Fun Time Administration, issuing unveiled threats.
What they're really upset about is that Twitter isn't playing the game:
The pan-EU law, which entered into force back in November, requires VLOPs like Twitter to assess and mitigate systemic risks to civic discourse and electoral processes, such as disinformation.
The deadline for VLOPs’ compliance with obligations in the DSA is three months from now.
A request for comment emailed to Twitter’s press office returned an automated reply containing a poop emoji.
(My italics.)
You don't have to follow the rules. You're entirely expected to cheat. But you have to play the game.
VLOP - Very Large Online Platform natch...
The poop emoji is spot on perfect.
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