I had the same thought initially. I haven't read the article, but assuming this picture isn't fake they might be including artists from his last two campaigns. Rogers did in 2020, Bowie and Prince died in 2016
I cannot stress this enough. The EU isn't trying to keep people from going to the site. They're just saying if the people running the site Elon Musk knowingly use it to spread false information they will be legally liable.
The internet is indeed international, and also very much subject to territorial law. This is not new.
If you bother to read the article or the letter, no one is trying to keep people from accessing the site. They want X as a site to stop actively and knowingly pushing false information.
Imperialism is bad, so we have common ground there. However, not really relevant here.
Sincerely, have a good one and take care of yourself.
I really don't understand your point at all. The EU sent them a letter pointing out that they have new laws and will be enforcing them.
It's on X to follow those laws, not follow them and pay the consequences, or geofence their service.
If Europeans want to go the site they will if its blocked or not, if it's geofenced or not. VPNs exist. The point isn't blocking X or preventing people from reaching it. It's serving notice that they will be subject to the law
And it's not like there's one big ISP run by the EU where they can flip a switch to block X. They'd have to force each ISP to do it.
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