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After Musk's comments on Italy's interior politics and his recent appointment in Trump's administration, isn't it time for his fascist propaganda to be gone?

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[–] dconfusedone@lemmy.ml 25 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Dude now it's been unbanned already. Why are you posting old news?

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago

Yup, it's old news.

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The question stands for the EU

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

From my view, three things:

  • I'd encourage you to add the date to the post title, as it is more than a week old, i.e. like "Elon Musk's X banned in Brazil: Could Europe follow suit (2024-10-09)". ~~This is not a rule of this community but good style, imo.~~ Edit: It actually is a rule, I just forgot. :/
  • The article mentions Europe in passing only, in the final paragraph. The vast majority of the text is a (now outdated!) description of the situation in Brazil. As such, I find it a bit questionable whether this fits !europe.
  • I never heard of the source. This seemingly being a Maltese news blog(?) without (?) a clear subject focus makes me a bit wary. (On the plus side, the site is much larger than SEO spam sites and has more authors.)
[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Point taken, I'll be more cautious in the future. I guess I need to pay more attention to community's rules.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago

Don't worry. Also β€” you can edit, e.g. the title indefinitely.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 16 points 5 days ago

If they do so, they should before the German elections. Musk has shown an affinity for the far-right party AfD, and it’s not unlikely that he’d use his site to get them into power.

[–] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

But where will I get my validation for any stupid idea or ill-informed comment I have? Huh? /s I don't know, I wish average person could think rationally and twitter would die on it's own after the weirdo took it over.

[–] mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's already been banned here in Pakistan for months.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's been banned since February 2024 (around the time of the national elections). PTA didn't give a reason besides "national security concerns". However, there were great accusations that the election was rigged against the party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, and thus journalists and the public suspected that it was done to stifle the spreading of such accusations.