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JD Vance says US could veto NATO if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk’s platforms (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 48 points 2 weeks ago

Either they allow Musk to influence their elections or NATO will be disbanded.

Honestly, NATO isn’t going to see much support in the next four years. The EU should just flip ‘em the bird and ban Xitter entirely.

Protecting your election is more important than holding your breath for Trump’s support unless you’re Russia, Turkey, Israel, North Korea, or China.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 44 points 2 weeks ago

I hate this fucking timeline.

[–] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

Go fuck a couch

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 weeks ago

It appears putin won the US elections without even being on the ballots 🤷

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

What a fascist cunt.

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

No need to ban or regulate xhitter. Just abandon the platform

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As much as that sounds good, it's such an entrenched social media that most everyone uses to the point where alternatives don't have anywhere near enough people to convince people to leave.

Closest we'll probably ever see is either threads or bluesky.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Not in europe

Less people use xitter in Norway then teletext for instance

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Why not both?

[–] schwim@lemm.ee 12 points 2 weeks ago

Well he also compared Trump to Hitler and called him an idiot so maybe we should take it under consideration.

[–] officermike@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I wonder how our defense contractors would feel about us leaving NATO.

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

Depends how much elon and the other billionaires who own the government offer them, probably..

[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago

Not nearly as happy as European defense contractors.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This fuckhead is going to be president...

[–] Minarble@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

*Is President.

Trump will be wheeled out to spew nonsense while Vance and the 2025ivers run the show.

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Twentytwentyfiveivers

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Is completely blocking necessarily a form of regulation? Maybe we just have a buggy switch or something, or a shark bit the twatter cable.

[–] hubobes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Just do it, rip off the bandaid. We will just strengthen our internal ties and shift away from the US to form a stronger European continent.