European Politicians and Leaders Must Act Now to Protect Democracy Since Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter over two years ago, the platform—now rebranded as X—has taken a troubling turn. The growing influence of its CEO in shaping political narratives and promoting specific ideologies, including altering how content is prioritized to reflect his own interests, has become increasingly apparent. As one of the world’s most visited social media platforms, with millions of active users and a signifi
First of all thaks for your reply.
To make sure we are on the same page, I want to underscore that it wasn’t criticism. Like I said, it was a suggestion and also I applaud the initiative. I just want to give extra input to the initiative.
So getting back to your points, I fully agree that one must tread very carefully when limiting opinions and freedom in all its forms. Your concerns are valid imo.
That’s why we are talking about the acts of a certain person and why I mentioned calling for an investigation. It’s up to the democratic platforms to decide what happens. As a citizen I don’t have to come up with a legal solution, but I do feel thr need to express my preoccupation with certain actors and their abuse of power.
Also, there is already a law in place to limit “x” formerly twitter, it’s the Digital Services Act.
I believe the leaders are making steps, but yes it’s been quite slow And it’s unphantobale to me that officials still use an X account. Many are thankfully moving their accounts to mastodon and the likes, I’ve heard.
This trolling situation , if you can call it that, seems have to exploded, and has become more urgent lately. This has pushed the "x-case " higher up on the agenda, so I hope our leaders will come up fast with a good plan.