Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference
The confessions of a concerned bird.
We are at war for our freedoms. Germany and the rest of Europe must act now to stop the same fate as the USA.
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Hi there! PLEASE TREAT THIS STORY WITH CAUTION. It's shared on an anonymous blog, and it's not backed up by much except a link to an open-source repo. Both the blog author and the post author over here on Lemmy are new users without any public track record.
Does Lemmy support sticky comments too? Cause this one here kind of asks for it to be sticked to the top ;)
I am not sure if it's stickied. But it's "distinguished" as a mod comment. Best I can do.
It's a fair warning, I have no issue with it. A conversation would be a start.
While both of what you say are true, and it's possible this report could be false, I'm also very suspicious about this sudden defensiveness and denialism, when you can easily see what's happening on X, and now on other big privately controlled platforms as well. What are you worried and cautious about precisely? That we could unduly judge X? Even without this report, the world has changed and we are at war in the East and quite possibly soon in the West. We see Musk cozying up to German far-right political parties. And what was that "confusing gesture" that he made? Why are you so interested in pacifying the response to these events? In any event, we need to bolster free public discourse platforms that are not controlled by private interests.
What are you worried and cautious about precisely?
I am worried about allowing fake news to spread. Nothing more. My opinion of Twitter or Elmo at this time is not a positive one.
Even without this report, the world has changed and we are at war in the East and quite possibly soon in the West. We see Musk copying up to German far-right political parties. And what was that "confusing gesture" that he made?
None of these questions in any way is prove the veracity of this post. I have left the post up, because it feels truthy enough, but if those are the kinds of defenses you bring, I feel more inclined to take it down.
Ok, that's fair. I'm of the opinion that people or the European leaders don't take these issues seriously enough and that private platforms like X don't serve our best interests. That doesn't justify misinformation, but it's also hard to wait for an absolute proof when we see an accelerating deterioration of liberties all around us. The author did give references to the bread crumbs that could be independently verified. And I believe the discussion around it has been civil and good. I'm new to Lemmy and will try to do better on my part.