Elon Musk buys $3 billion stake (9.2%) in Twitter and is now the platform's largest shareholder

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Cook has cleared up the lies about him that Musk was telling?

Perhaps Elon should have had this conversation with Tim Cook before running his mouth, but what fun would that be?

Or Tim Cook realized how bad it would be for Apple if Tesla developed its own phone. Apple has been hinting at a car for over a decade, but either couldn't do it, or the margins weren't worth it.

Tinfoil alert!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Cook has cleared up the lies about him that Musk was telling?

Perhaps Elon should have had this conversation with Tim Cook before running his mouth, but what fun would that be?

Or Tim Cook realized how bad it would be for Apple if Tesla developed its own phone. Apple has been hinting at a car for over a decade, but either couldn't do it, or the margins weren't worth it.

Could have simply just been some underling at Apple trying to make calls above their station. Cook then came in to clean up the mess and clarify and/or threw underling under the bus to save face with Musk.

Or it’s just Elon being the pathological liar he always is.
No need to twist yourself into pretzels, fanboys. The simple explanation is usually the right one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Cook has cleared up the lies about him that Musk was telling?

Perhaps Elon should have had this conversation with Tim Cook before running his mouth, but what fun would that be?

Or Tim Cook realized how bad it would be for Apple if Tesla developed its own phone. Apple has been hinting at a car for over a decade, but either couldn't do it, or the margins weren't worth it.

Could have simply just been some underling at Apple trying to make calls above their station. Cook then came in to clean up the mess and clarify and/or threw underling under the bus to save face with Musk.

Or it’s just Elon being the pathological liar he always is.
No need to twist yourself into pretzels, fanboys. The simple explanation is usually the right one.

Or someone at apple reminded someone at Twitter about App Store policies. Unless Twitter applies some moderation, it will get pulled within the year

[Anonymous]

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This is actually a bit old news. The EU passed legislation earlier this year that Twitter was aware could have implications for content. The EU has been high on its earlier GDPR legislation dictating internet privacy regulation throughout the world and their latest DORA legislation is an attempt to replicate that success.

Twitter could block EU IP addresses and Europeans who want access could do so through VPNs rather than bend to EU laws on content that they want to impose on the world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is actually a bit old news. The EU passed legislation earlier this year that Twitter was aware could have implications for content. The EU has been high on its earlier GDPR legislation dictating internet privacy regulation throughout the world and their latest DORA legislation is an attempt to replicate that success.

Twitter could block EU IP addresses and Europeans who want access could do so through VPNs rather than bend to EU laws on content that they want to impose on the world.

They could block EU IP addresses. That's probably a terrible idea for a debt laden company desperate for advertising revenue, but they could do it.

[Anonymous]

Elon needs to be "managed". Tim Cook did just that.
I don't think there really was any risk Apple was going to boot Twitter, but Elon likes to be dramatic. That's his MO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is actually a bit old news. The EU passed legislation earlier this year that Twitter was aware could have implications for content. The EU has been high on its earlier GDPR legislation dictating internet privacy regulation throughout the world and their latest DORA legislation is an attempt to replicate that success.

Twitter could block EU IP addresses and Europeans who want access could do so through VPNs rather than bend to EU laws on content that they want to impose on the world.

Why would twitter block EU IP addresses. If EU wants to ban it, wouldn't it be on the EU to block their people from accessing it? Like China?

[Anonymous]

Still my favorite analogy of Elon’s Twitter hunt

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is actually a bit old news. The EU passed legislation earlier this year that Twitter was aware could have implications for content. The EU has been high on its earlier GDPR legislation dictating internet privacy regulation throughout the world and their latest DORA legislation is an attempt to replicate that success.

Twitter could block EU IP addresses and Europeans who want access could do so through VPNs rather than bend to EU laws on content that they want to impose on the world.

Why would twitter block EU IP addresses. If EU wants to ban it, wouldn't it be on the EU to block their people from accessing it? Like China?

EU wants compliance with the GDPR (and will enforce it). If Twitter doesn't want to comply, then they need to opt out of the EU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Cook has cleared up the lies about him that Musk was telling?

Perhaps Elon should have had this conversation with Tim Cook before running his mouth, but what fun would that be?

Or Tim Cook realized how bad it would be for Apple if Tesla developed its own phone. Apple has been hinting at a car for over a decade, but either couldn't do it, or the margins weren't worth it.

Could have simply just been some underling at Apple trying to make calls above their station. Cook then came in to clean up the mess and clarify and/or threw underling under the bus to save face with Musk.

Or Elon was just making sh*t, which is his normal MO. There’s no need to invent elaborate scenarios to explain this. Elon is a liar and was lying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is actually a bit old news. The EU passed legislation earlier this year that Twitter was aware could have implications for content. The EU has been high on its earlier GDPR legislation dictating internet privacy regulation throughout the world and their latest DORA legislation is an attempt to replicate that success.

Twitter could block EU IP addresses and Europeans who want access could do so through VPNs rather than bend to EU laws on content that they want to impose on the world.

Why would twitter block EU IP addresses. If EU wants to ban it, wouldn't it be on the EU to block their people from accessing it? Like China?

Because if they offer it to EU residents they have to comply with EU law. Companies that don't want to comply either geofence or are based in countries that have no treaty agreements with the EU for civil cases. Unless Musk plans on moving Twitter, the latter isn't an option

[Anonymous]

Elon's plan is to kill twitter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is actually a bit old news. The EU passed legislation earlier this year that Twitter was aware could have implications for content. The EU has been high on its earlier GDPR legislation dictating internet privacy regulation throughout the world and their latest DORA legislation is an attempt to replicate that success.

Twitter could block EU IP addresses and Europeans who want access could do so through VPNs rather than bend to EU laws on content that they want to impose on the world.

Why would twitter block EU IP addresses. If EU wants to ban it, wouldn't it be on the EU to block their people from accessing it? Like China?

EU wants compliance with the GDPR (and will enforce it). If Twitter doesn't want to comply, then they need to opt out of the EU.

There was someone on this forum arguing this site was not complying with GDPR and that he was in violation of EU law. The owner of the site didn't seem to care.
The site is still operating, and I think still not in compliance with GDPR.
So perhaps 'need to opt out of the EU' isn't so needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is actually a bit old news. The EU passed legislation earlier this year that Twitter was aware could have implications for content. The EU has been high on its earlier GDPR legislation dictating internet privacy regulation throughout the world and their latest DORA legislation is an attempt to replicate that success.

Twitter could block EU IP addresses and Europeans who want access could do so through VPNs rather than bend to EU laws on content that they want to impose on the world.

Why would twitter block EU IP addresses. If EU wants to ban it, wouldn't it be on the EU to block their people from accessing it? Like China?

EU wants compliance with the GDPR (and will enforce it). If Twitter doesn't want to comply, then they need to opt out of the EU.

There was someone on this forum arguing this site was not complying with GDPR and that he was in violation of EU law. The owner of the site didn't seem to care.
The site is still operating, and I think still not in compliance with GDPR.
So perhaps 'need to opt out of the EU' isn't so needed.

What are the odds the German regulators will ever care about this site? Compare that to Twitter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is actually a bit old news. The EU passed legislation earlier this year that Twitter was aware could have implications for content. The EU has been high on its earlier GDPR legislation dictating internet privacy regulation throughout the world and their latest DORA legislation is an attempt to replicate that success.

Twitter could block EU IP addresses and Europeans who want access could do so through VPNs rather than bend to EU laws on content that they want to impose on the world.

Why would twitter block EU IP addresses. If EU wants to ban it, wouldn't it be on the EU to block their people from accessing it? Like China?

EU wants compliance with the GDPR (and will enforce it). If Twitter doesn't want to comply, then they need to opt out of the EU.

There was someone on this forum arguing this site was not complying with GDPR and that he was in violation of EU law. The owner of the site didn't seem to care.
The site is still operating, and I think still not in compliance with GDPR.
So perhaps 'need to opt out of the EU' isn't so needed.

Some random poster is not the EU. The EU has fined a lot of big companies (Amazon, Facebook (like 5 times so so), Whatsapp, Google, Marriott), a lot of money (hundreds of millions of euros each) for violating the GDPR. It's a real thing.