[mhitza]

The way Elon seems to like to take his chances, Twitter pulling out from the EU/EEA market might be a possibility. Personally I think that would be beneficial, as even more would switch to Mastodon in 2023. Even if I don't use social blogging websites myself, I think that would be a net win.

[Yoric]

Having the open sewer pull out from the EU? Oh, no, that would be such a shame... /s

[dylan604]

Can we have Twitter pull out of the US market instead?

[jtbayly]

I’ve been thinking recently that Elon might actually have the hidden goal of attempting to get the US to pass legislation forbidding social media companies from doing this sort of thing.

[bandyaboot]

Is it really that hard to admit that he’s just not as principled as you were led to believe?

[jtbayly]

I’ve never had the slightest illusion about Elon Musk or his principles. About the most I can say for him is he has said a few things I agree with over the years.

[sangnoir]

If that were his goal, he could gave done it for far less than $44B. how many dark money donations, Super PACs and think-tanks (left and right) could he have funded with 'only' $2B? Probably enough to get him an amendment in a must-pass bill with bipartisan support. For even less money, he could petition the state legislature in Texas or Florida to pass another Social Media law.

[ben_w]

Couldn't he spend a mere $1 bn on lobbying for that, and use the other $43 bn for, say, a von Neumann probe startup?

[natpalmer1776]

I mean… having recently read “Everyone Poops” to my youngest I feel the analogy isn’t terribly far off.

Guess the question is what direction the sewage is flowing.

[vineyardmike]

I wonder what amount of twitter revenue and users are in the EU?

Also I strongly suspect that mastadon would have a lot of trouble complying with European laws (except I think some have company size minimums that mastadon instances would likely not reach).