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hydrOHxide t1_j5txc8i wrote

Reply to comment by DeanXeL in Twitter faces legal complaint in Germany over anti-Semitic content by davetowers646

There recently was already a decision by a Frankfurt court that even the previous content removal regime in regards to illegal and defamatory content was not good enough. The court noted that having been notified that certain content is illegal, Twitter has to proactively remove equivalent content and not just wait until those get reported, too.

Wonder how Elon wants to do that when he fired most people involved in the process.

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Manbabarang t1_j5vwvwd wrote

He's just not going to do it. He's been telling all regulators (FTC, EU, and more) to sit and spin and thinks he's too rich to ever Find Out.

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hydrOHxide t1_j5w3vvb wrote

The EU has taken on Microsoft, Facebook and Google - he has been warned often enough there are rules to follow. He has no one to blame but himself if he thinks they won't come for Twitter

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PdtNEA1889 t1_j64p5q8 wrote

He's been operating almost entirely under the US legal system as a rich guy until now, though. And he's probably right that they will never do anything approaching sufficient to be called justice. The abject failure of our system gives a lot of these assholes the false confidence to think that will work just as well everywhere.

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hydrOHxide t1_j654pyq wrote

He's already run into problems with Tesla's gigafactory in Germany. He's already been bitching and moaning about regulations during the construction period. Now, he's offering less than industry standard (in a country with no less than three of the world's leading car makers!) and wondering why he has massive recruitment problems and why everyone he talks down just gives him the finger and leaves.

With Twitter, courts in Ireland have already noted you can't just fire someone implicitly - least of all for not following requests for more work hours when the law explicitly says refusing to go over the legal limit temporarily must not have negative consequences.

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Zeurpiet t1_j5yt8a2 wrote

this is not a slow EU process, this will not take years

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hydrOHxide t1_j5yfuzx wrote

a) There is nothing that prevents YouTube, Twitch, or Twitter from using algorithms solely to alert a human reviewer (except personnel shortage, which can be remedied by hiring more personnel). In any case, shortcomings in algorithms are reasons for better algorithms, not excuses for spreading illegal content.

b) With statements about a person having been found illegal in court, the victim has a right under German law to be protected against any further spread of such statements. How Twitter or anyone else implements that is not the concern of the court any more than "I didn't see the speed limit sign" is a valid excuse for speeding.

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