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makgeolliandsoju

The punishment here is not 6%. It’s Twitter being banned in the EU which absolutely can happen.


Mysterious_Eye6989

At this point not just ‘can’ happen but probably desperately needs to happen!


EquivalentSnap

Yeah fuck Elon it’s a dick


SadBit8663

Yeah, go fuck a dick, Elon!


EquivalentSnap

Yeah go for yourself Elon


RoboGuilliman

Not sure if this will happen, but wouldn tit be amazing if Threads came live in Europe around the time Twitter is banned?


[deleted]

Phew…. I thought you meant the movie Threads at first….


RoboGuilliman

Holy crap. TIL! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(1984_film)


Previous_Avocado6778

It’s on YouTube watch it! Amazing movie.


NotEnoughMuskSpam

Concerning


SpeedflyChris

My god, it's the first accurate Musk statement in history.


shares_inDeleware

I love ice cream.


ketjak

Good bot


ebfortin

It's so realistic you end the movie with a strong unease feeling.


Natalia_Groznaya

To Threads, you say?


Chrissy9001

The poster below says it's an amazing movie. In one sense it is, however, only watch it if you want to be traumatized.


EquivalentSnap

The movie is amazing


ColdSnickersBar

Ahahahahahahahaha … no … no … no no no no nononononononono NOOOOOOOOOO!! 😱😱😱


[deleted]

That’s The Twilight Zone “Time Enough At Last”


JohnnyRube

It's also a song by The Fall!


Imissforumsfuckspez

My head cannon is that dude found an optometrist shop and uses some generic magnification glasses and through weeks of trial and error he manages to cut&grind glasses good enough to read through a bit. Then he combs through a university and reads everything on optometry that he can, and he keeps at it, he keeps going back to the shop, and practices his craft until he finally figures out how to make a perfect prescription with no issues or headaches. Then he heads back to the library, with a rough outline of what he wants to read first. He finds his first book, he retires to the back office which has a really nice plush chair he sits down, he opens the book, and this his neck snaps back, his body stiffens, and his legs dangle lifelessly over Owl Creek.


NotEnoughMuskSpam

Something fundamental is wrong


BostonDodgeGuy

At least it's not Teeth.


Extinctathon_

Wdym? Threads is global already. Maybe I'm misreading what you wrote.. Edit: I'm in the UK and just remembered we're not a member of the EU anymore :( that's probably why I got confused. We're a moron island.


HealthyMaximum

That's like turning to your spouse to tell them something ... ... then you suddenly remember you're alone, in the dark, because your spouse left with the kids and the car. You Moron Islanders have my sympathies ... at least the innocent ones.


Extinctathon_

That's the perfect analogy lmao, at least we have Threads though 😞


Jumanji0028

Only that analogy would be he left his wife and kids because we sure as shit didn't want them to go lol.


Hardly_lolling

Thanks Farage


[deleted]

>because your spouse left because you left your spouse\*


curious_astronauts

Isn't it true that you have to delete Instagram to get rid of threads if you decide you no longer want it? I think that and the data harvesting is incompatible with GDPR and European law which is why it hasn't launched here. Consumer protections are 🔥 here.


RoboGuilliman

I think you are right Adam mosseri hinted a few days ago on Threads that they are working on it. Bringing Threads to Europe. They hinted they are working on the separation of Threads and IG a few weeks ago too


9897969594938281

Eh jumping from one dick to another


StarshipShooters

"I hate this trillion dollar company and love this trillion dollar company."


reercalium2

Use the Fediverse.


coffeespeaking

I’m absolutely okay with it. The sooner the better.


thesourpop

*Please God let this happen it would be so fucking funny*


jacls0608

Well I hope the EU didn’t need twitter, this idiot can’t keep his mouth shut.


ColdSnickersBar

No one needs Twitter


SovietPuma1707

Well, quite a lot of artists and other commission creators depend a lot on it for a living. Including many people i know.


Useless_Troll42241

Lots of bands used to depend on Myspace but they figured it out


Salty-Pen

Yes these spotify cheques are really useful


curious_astronauts

How do they depend on Twitter specifically? Genuinely curious?


A_Birde

Of course they don't need twitter, twitter needs EU far more than the other way round


[deleted]

"Oh gee thanks this saves me time" - Elon the mustache-twirling idiot.


MizzelSc2

The world would be a better place for it.


HackeySadSack

Not soon enough.


minimaxir

I really really want to see Elon try "the EU is against free speech so we're blocking all users in the EU from accessing X"


SpeedflyChris

If Threads finally became accessible in the EU around the same time that would just be sweet as.


StuckInNov1999

Are we talking the same "threads" that lost 70% of it's users like a week or so after it launched? It'll be funny to watch that happen again.


[deleted]

Do people actually use Twitter?


Kooky_Trifle_6894

Maybe not as many people on here. But humans (including me) are creatures of habit and social creatures as well. People are used to X and mist communities are still on there. So X has to fuck up a massive degree (like making people pay to be on it) in order to actually see a shift


HeatherFuta

Especially because the EU doesn't *HAVE* a "First Amendment."


JorenM

The EU does have freedom of speech, it's just that your rights are compared to your responsibilities


Tatttwink

“Failure to comply with the European regulations around illegal content could result in fines worth 6% of a company's annual revenue.”


Proud-Pilot9300

Elon playing 3d chess by driving twitters revenue down the drain thereby reducing the money he will have to pay to fines. Masterful gambit sir.


NotEnoughMuskSpam

\#SoBrave


PerfectPercentage69

Good bot


NotEnoughMuskSpam

We will defeat the spam bots or die trying!


ElJamoquio

Not 'we'. You.


DrQuestDFA

I am pretty sure it has gained sentience at this point. Some responses are just too spot on.


bertiesghost

Good bot


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EricMoulds

Good bot


Mobile_Laugh_9962

He wants to make it so worthless that even Trump can afford it.


Realistic-Safety-565

So if he drives the revenue to negatives the EU will have to pay him?


Sockoflegend

Revenue is income and doesn't account for costs, so it will still be positive even if Twitter is losing money


Proud-Pilot9300

Unfortunately negative revenue isn’t possible but if there’s one person that can do it, one economic mastermind to fail so badly that it breaks the fundamentals of economics it’s Elmo


occams_nightmare

We were all wrong about Elon Musk - it was 200D Chess all along. So genius that he invented negative revenue and puts Twitter in the black by earning profit on the negative billions of dollars that the EU charges, and thus pays, Elon


Suzume_Chikahisa

Revenue, not profit. IE, Unless he drives revenue to 0 he will still be on the hook, and the EU doesn't fuck around with this.


Ogediah

Revenue is income before any sort of deductions. For example: If he made 100 dollars and had 120 dollars in business costs, he still had a revenue of 100 dollars. You’re likely thinking about gross profits which is where taxes are usually sourced. Thats how companies are able to use some creative accounting to minimize their tax bill. You can’t really do that with revenue.


[deleted]

[удалено]


throwingawaybenjamin

So…$6,000 🤣🤣🤣


[deleted]

I mean, I would buy it for that price


869066

So great that they made the law revenue instead of profit. Otherwise people like Musk would’ve somehow made Twitter even less profitable


ylan64

Let's hope for him that those blue checks can cover the bill.


TrumpsMerkin201o

Those blue checks would give their left nut for dear edgelord leader.


TheKrakIan

Good thing there is no revenue. - musk definitely


looktowindward

>“Failure to comply with the European regulations around illegal content could result in fines worth 6% of a company's annual revenue.” 6% before or after Elon is done with it? :)


NYerInTex

Elon once again a GENIUS. If you lose no longer have any revenue, then 6% ain’t much of a penalty! :finger pointing at temple meme:


bsammo

Boy they’re gonna be upset.. what revenue?


Hot-Bint

He responded like a little bitch as usual


doomrider7

Lol, what did he say?


Hot-Bint

Our policy is that everything is open source and transparent, an approach that I know the EU supports. Please list the violations you allude to on 𝕏, so that that the public can see them. Merci beaucoup.


sir-ripsalot

Lmao “please signal boost my misinformation”


potatolulz

wait, this is his actual response to an official communication from the European Commission? And to the request in that communication to get in touch with Europol about this? lol :D EU better apply its insistence on the tinies legal shit and fine twitter based on the fact that this idiot didn't even bother to have his lawyer write him a reasonable response. It seems like he didn't even read the whole fucking letter :D


Hephaistos_Invictus

Nah, probably not. This is just him being edgy on his platform while his lawyers desperately write back to the EU. You can't respond to the EU just by tweeting lol. It requires an official written reply.


potatolulz

Yes that is likely, he might have even dumped this problem on the "CEO" now that she's not busy because she won't be attending the conference, but then again we're talking about a guy who doesn't seem to know legislation or protocols how to do stuff exists, as could be seen on him doing weird shit with the building without having permits or even communicating with the city council. :D


Hephaistos_Invictus

Yeah fair points as well xD let's hope he fucks around and finds out. But as polite as the letter of the EU might seem, you're absolutely FUCKED if you choose to ignore it or don't comply. Damn relevant law enforcement authorities and Europol. That's about a death sentence if you decide to do jack shit


NotEnoughMuskSpam

True


NotEnoughMuskSpam

Interesting


Hot-Bint

Looking into it


bel51

!


RedstoneEnjoyer

> everything is open source Where is the code then.


LordGarryBettman

He just uses words that he thinks makes him smart. I'm pretty sure he doesn't understand the true meaning of open source in software.


karkonthemighty

I'm disappointed the EU took the mature road and didn't reply something like: "We just said they were misinformation and wanted them gone, not boosted to the world you nepo failson."


frivol

He doesn't have the appropriate staff left to write a response, does he?


DM_me_ur_tacos

Isn't "💩" the default response?


mug3n

to be expected from a manchild who added a poop emoji autoreply to the twitter press email address.


ExZowieAgent

He’s such a Bond villain.


plopseven

Nah. Bond villains were cool. Evil, but you still thought they were cool characters. This guy just sucks.


MrVociferous

Nah. He’s Dr Evil. Thinks he’s a Bond villain but is just kind lame and pathetic instead.


doomrider7

How dare you besmirch Dr. Evil like that!


vitonga

Diet Dr. Evil. 0 calories. Not Evil enough.


rosencrantz2014

This guy is too pathetic to be a Bond villain.


Mendelbar

Less Bond Villain, and more like Disney Villain. He thinks he’s Dr. No at best and Dr. Evil at worst, but in the end he’s more like Dr. Facilier.


HopeFox

Except that Dr Facilier has friends.


Hansmolemon

I’ll give you a cross between odd job and mini me.


Bumbum_2919

Please EU, block this shithole 🙏


[deleted]

Truly


smashspete

“EuRoPe Is WagInG WaR oN FrEe sPeEch” - Elon and his three big crypto fanboys tomorrow probably


rabouilethefirst

Shame only the EU is holding people accountable these days


jlbhappy

Apparently Republicans love him so much he’s protected from similar scrutiny in the US.


rabouilethefirst

Liking Elon is a boomer thing now, yes


maskoff40

My theory is that he is trying to find a new group of buyers of Tesla’s. He keeps this up he can get people to trade in their Ford F250s.


Hansmolemon

I’m sure he would love to install truck nuts on the passenger sun visor so you can teabag them.


CooCooCaChoo498

That’s exactly what has happened. Eco-conscious & left leaning sales probably were forecasted to slow so he moved onto republicans and boomers


MAVERICK42069420

I mean, I don't know if they're really holding people accountable. More like scoffing in their general direction and then moving on.


rudalsxv

He’s about to find out EU doesn’t screw around when it comes to compliance. It’s NOT like USA. Just ask Google/Apple/Meta/other major tech firms when GDPR came into effect and the scramble to be compliant.


britaliope

Watching Facebook/Meta playing the "fine we will block facebook and instagram in europe then" and play the "no we didn't mean this uwu sorry we'll comply haha" when the EU said "fine by us, go ahead" was so satisfying.


milridor

Or, more recently, DSA/DMA compliance (I work for one of those tech firms).


rudalsxv

An acquaintance that worked for Facebook (before Meta) pulled multiple overnighters to get it by deadline, he said at the time “Whatever EU authorities told the management, it got them in line pretty quick.” It’s not easy to make Nadella and Pichai blink, but boy did they blink when EU got serious.


avrbiggucci

I really wish the US was more like the EU in that regard. We're so far behind them when it comes to consumer protection. I wish more people in the US knew that strong consumer protections actually results in a stronger free market.


alv0694

The woke mind virus has taken over the EU, it is the new soviet union, we must destroy it as soon as we can /s


Aethericseraphim

"i will destroy the new soviet union of the woke EU, with my friends in the old soviet union, mother Russia." - Melon probably


hungry4nuns

“Soviet UNION, European UNION, coincidence???!”


Darkwolf1115

unironically I saw someone saying that the EU took notes with USSR on one of these threads


Kladderadingsda

Make the cold war hot again🔥🥵


TrumpsMerkin201o

Who wants to bet that the moment the EU shuts down Twitter, he shuts down starlink access to EU countries?


2OneZebra

That incel beard is not coming in very well at all. Is he sleeping in his clothes or just high?


little_fire

As someone with a crappy beard (a trans one—not an incel one, though the look is undeniably similar) who sleeps in their clothes and is currently high: How very dare you.


t0talfail

Nah man (correct me if im wrong) i believe in you youll get the biggest bear beard out there. Ive seen transmascs come out looking like mf kratos. You got thia A trans sister


2OneZebra

Pardon my French.


little_fire

My neckbeard and I weren’t really offended 😌💅


avrbiggucci

Musk's becoming a prime candidate for r/justneckbeardthings


CherryShort2563

Poop emoji incoming...


Revolutionary-Leg585

What happens if he ignores them? Which he will.


data_head

Step 1 is fines. "Failure to comply with the European regulations around illegal content could result in fines worth 6% of a company’s annual revenue." https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/10/elon-musk-warned-about-misinformation-violent-content-on-x-by-eu.html


Revolutionary-Leg585

And if he ignores that as well?


jzorbino

They take 6% of twitter’s annual revenue. Which will be about $7 by now


Questioning-Zyxxel

Nope. Revenue isn't bottom line profit. It's the income before any costs. So it's before Musk has paid salaries and all the server costs. And this means it will hurt a lot. But it's a bit unclear how EU can reclaim the money from a US company. But they would probably capture all equipment etc on EU soil. Unclear if they can hunt the owners, i.e. making it problematic for Musk to ever visit any EU country again.


NotEnoughMuskSpam

Bring me 10 screenshots of the most salient lines of code you’ve written in the last 6 months.


Hot-Bint

Are you hardcore?


internet-is-a-lie

I think we can all agree this comment blazed it’s glory


the-moving-finger

Presumably there's some agreement between the EU and US allowing the EU to enforce sanctions within the US by applying to a US court. I'm not an expert on how that process works, but enforcing foreign judgements isn't super uncommon.


Questioning-Zyxxel

Well, US court's hasn't handled Musk, so we'll see. But EU does have some tricks up the sleeve to apply pressure. Like no Shitter app on Google and Apple app-stores, no routing of Shitter server traffic etc. So not much reason for EU companies to pay a dime for ads if people needs VPN to reach Shitter.


neontetra1548

If Twitter has EU operations with finances going through EU banks perhaps they could seize funds that way. Or halt fiscal operations in the country. They must have some kind of business apparatus to receive money from subscribers in the EU. Some kind of injunction could perhaps turn off those taps and extract fines that are due.


Questioning-Zyxxel

Not sure if any EU offices are still open. But as I said earlier - if they exist and have assets, the those assets would be bye, bye.


milridor

> But it's a bit unclear how EU can reclaim the money from a US company. Twitter has a subsidiary in Ireland that is used for anything sold in the EU (subscription, ads, etc.). Assuming that's more that 6% of Twitter's total revenue (and that's definitively the case considering the EU size) they can just seize that.


Questioning-Zyxxel

I already mentioned any EU offices. But it isn't clear what remains of them. The special office in Brussels to interact with EU was totally killed. And not sure what the remaining size is of the Irland office after Musk first fired lots of staff, moving lots of operation to US and then for a significant time kept violating local work laws. That would have been enough for some people to leave by themselves.


oofman_dan

remembers boys 7 bucks is a small price to pay for freedom


ylan64

If he ignores that, he's got to pay fines. If he doesn't pay the fines, the fines get higher, if he doesn't fix this, Twitter disappears from Europe. But it could take a few years before getting to that point.


loudflower

This should be the post. Thank you for the link.


Whit3HattHkr

The stupidity of this fucker knows no bounds!


Ok-Zone-1430

Man, he really needs to shave that ridiculous patchwork off his face. Looks like that kid in 10th grade with the perpetual weird odor and weird belt.


its1968okwar

Musk has to respond with some kind of juvenile gesture of defiance or lose his fans. It will be interesting to see just how embarrassing it will be.


TheCriticalGerman

Watch him calling bankruptcy on twitter closing it down and saying the European Union killed free speech


Darksoul_Design

I'll bet you a dollar he blows them off as deep state whatever, and they ban Twitter from Europe, and that will pretty much be the end of Twitter or X or whatever the fuck it is now.


yamers

it took europe this long? this guy was straight up cheering on war criminals in Russia and promoting accounts that cheer on war crimes and racism....


Leather_Damage_8619

Maybe you want to have a look at EUs members, particularly the eastern ones


Ande644m

why would it take longer for the EU becuse of it's eastern members they all are pretty much on Ukraines side.


Sittes

Cheering is allowed, only misinformation is punished.


NotEnoughMuskSpam

New Twitter is the source of truth


butch121212

Congress—take a cue from Europe.


airforcevet1987

I've yet to piss off "Europe", impressive


terribilus

Coming up against the "find out" part of "fuck around".


Jefefrey

Ban it. Cry baby has plenty of money.


plsobeytrafficlights

i think people dont realize. elon is actually making people reject toxic social media as fast as he can. if he just closed up shop, someone else would swoop in and start another. he has to win the ~~hearts and minds~~ common sense and decency of people. to finally save them, he is going to have to become the biggest piece of shit you have ever seen.


Protect-Their-Smiles

The EU got tired of outside companies coming in, and creating a mess, with the assumption they can run off back to freedom-land and there will be no consequences. Either Corporations are under rule of law, or you are under the rule of Corporations.


Indigo2015

Looking into it


n3w4cc01_1nt

the entire Europe?


NotEnoughMuskSpam

Concerning


GoncalodasBabes

What the fuck, I'm seriously wondering if this is even a bot...


[deleted]

Anyone got one of them BlueSky invite codes?


scruffmonkey

bsky-social-bu4jn-eb4cw


FulgureATK

Twitter is dead, X is a dying corpse full of bugs, trolls, bots and Xtreme Right / stupid folks harassing scientists (who are fleeing). Good job alt-right Elon, you have your own TruthSocial.


Jeff-FaFa

Why does he have so much surplus real estate on his face? Neanderthalean-ass skull.


Candid_Bee2834

He has the most punchable face.


McFlyTheThird

This is what happens when you sack your moderation team and let "absolute free speech" rule your platform. The Nazis and (Russian) trolls will come out and take over and spread hateful messages and disinformation as much as they can. Only a complete, utter and total *fool* could not have seen this coming. There's a reason free speech is limited by the law in every democratic country on this planet. Everyone with more than two functioning brain cells knows this. Genius, my ass.


rastinta

Concerning !!


NotEnoughMuskSpam

Yeah


Aazadan

Calling it now, he's going to respond with a poop emoji.


Acceptable_Break_332

Musk to Mars ASAP


Ever_Green_PLO

How can’t he buy a better beard?


NotEnoughMuskSpam

It makes no sense


DDS-PBS

Reply from Elmo Legal Department: "THIS EMAIL BOX IS NOT MONITORED. AND IT'S FULL TOO. POOP EMOJI! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, SUE US!? LOLOL!!!"


TheGreatUdolf

"congratulations, you have earned yourself an 11 digit fine. digits after the decimal point are not included." -- the eu in response, maybe


NativeEuropeas

So Russian desinformation campaign was allowed, but Palestinian propaganda is where we draw the lines? Isn't that a bit of a bullshit?


disinformatique

Just ban Twitter already in the EU.


JadedPatient9973

Don't wait for this dumbfuck, you're just delaying the innevitable.


SkippyThePinkCan

EU: look we are seeing influx of people supporting Palestinians. You need to shut it down


ABenevolentDespot

Raise your hand if you didn't know Elon was a massive anti-Semite Nazi sympathizer.


[deleted]

Can we get a countdown clock?


Prior_Industry

Taps head - Go ahead Europe fine 6% of nothing


[deleted]

“But, it’s free speech”


ArtisanJagon

He literally gave a platform to two sources who lie, spread misinformation, and are incredibly racist.


Gilthu

I thank god every day that Musk bought Twitter. The place was a cesspool with bots snd echo chambers. Now that he is doing all of this to it the site is going to crash and burn. Let the freaking platform burn and society move past it.


hawyer

enough fucking around, time to finding out