Eduards

[Dāvis Viļums @DavisVilums]

Es tomēr uzskatu, ka šis samazina šo ziņu vērtību. Cilvēki seko līdzi laika ziņām un arī paši jūt, ka ir karsts. Nedomāju, ka šis brīdinājums kādu glābj, kurš par to neuzzinātu citā veidā. Tas tikai palielina iespēju, ka šīs ziņas neuztvers nopietni.

[Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger]

The totalitarianism we warned of is happening.

The European Union is at this moment forcing big tech companies to secretly engage in mass censorship. Google and Facebook are, apparently, going along with it.

Only Elon Musk’s X, among the major platforms, is resisting.

A few hours ago, Musk said, “The European Commission offered 𝕏 an illegal secret deal: if we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us. The other platforms accepted that deal. 𝕏 did not.”

And so now, the EU is preparing to punish X with massive fines — up to 6% of total global revenue.

I can't imagine a more egregious form of foreign interference in our domestic affairs than foreign governments demanding mass secret censorship for ideological and political purposes.

Most terrifying is the apparently direct involvement of government intelligence and security agencies, and their intermediaries, in demanding censorship.

This is all happening at the very moment that the same governments, including our own, warn of Russian disinformation through spam accounts that hardly anybody ever sees.

Don’t be fooled by what is happening. Governments and former intelligence officials in Europe, Australia, Israel, Brazil, and Ukraine and other nations are not only demanding censorship but also often spreading their own disinformation.

For example, the EU claims that there is more false information on X than on other platforms, and more censorship would reduce it.

This is false. Only X has the open-source Community Notes system, which allows for real-time corrections to false information. A recent study in JAMA, the Journal of American Medicine, found that 97.5% of the Community Notes were entirely accurate, 2%, partially accurate, and 0.5%, inaccurate.

It’s not perfect. I myself sometimes disagree with them. And of course, science is never standing still, so what appears accurate today might not be accurate in the future.

However, X’s Community Notes uses more speech, not censorship, to provide context to controversial content. You can still agree or disagree with the content, even with a Community Note attached.

What the EU wants is for its committees of experts, not Community Notes, to secretly decide what we can read and say online. This is unethical and unconstitutional.

Another key part of the EU’s disinformation is that “researchers” should have access to X’s internal data, which Musk cut off when he bought Twitter. But those people who want the data aren’t researchers. They’re censorship activists, many of whom have deep relationships with governments in general and intelligence agencies in particular.

If the EU succeeds in censoring X, Facebook, Google, and every other major Internet platform, then there is no free speech. There is only government-controlled speech.

Many people rightly worry about the implications of a single man, Elon Musk, being all that stands between us and foreign governments’ totalitarian censorship plans. I worry about that, too. Our speech is inalienable. It is not something governments give to us.

We need to fight back. While we should be grateful to Musk for standing up to the totalitarians in Europe, Brazil, and Australia, we must build a citizen’s movement to fight back.

There’s three things you can do. First, share this video to raise the alarm. Second, add your email to our list here, so we can involve you in the future. And, third, consider making a donation to build the free speech movement and urge Congress and other social media companies to stand up for free speech against foreign interference.

[aleha_84 @84Aleha]

I'm aleha_84 from Russia, and this is my Digital (pixel) art.

[Mārtiņš Staķis @MStakis]

Tas, ka Vilnis Ķirsis ir noslēdzis aprēķina apvienību ar GKR un LA, lai paslaucītu zem tepiķa izšķērdības Satiksmes departamentā, bija iemesls, kura dēļ es vairs nevarēju turpināt darbu Rīgas mēra amatā. Ar savu vīziju par godīgu pārvaldību biju palicis mazākumā. Šodien šī "Aprēķina koalīcija" tiek legalizēta.

Paredzu, ka tagad ir neatgriezeniski pielikts punkts tam darbam, ko kopā uzsākām - īstenot pārmaiņas RD, ieviest jaunus pārvaldības principus.

Es neticu pilsētas modelim, kur pilsēta tiek sadalīta, katrai partijai un vicemēram iedalot savu slēgtu "saimniecību". Šādu pārvaldību es neesmu redzējis nevienā veiksmīgā pasaules pilsētā. Rīgā šāda pārvaldība ir bijusi Ušakova/Amerika laikā, uz šādu modeli uzstāja arī mani bijušie vietnieki, izbeidzot "Pārmaiņu koalīciju". Kopš šodienas vecā kārtība oficiāli atgriežas RD.

Vicemēre Linda Ozola saka, ka aprēķina laulībā tapusī "Aprēķina koalīcija" ar GKR un LA būšot ilglaicīgāka. Mana dzīves pieredze rāda, ka labāk tomēr precēties mīlestības, ne aprēķina dēļ.

[Satan @s8n]

your souls taste like sadness

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

My speech at the Oxford Union is finally available. The debate was "This House Believes Woke Culture Has Gone Too Far".

As promised, I didn't hold back 🤣

[ZUBY: @ZubyMusic]

Eating garbage constantly has become so normalised that if you eat whole nutritious foods, people assume you're 'on a diet'.

[UFC @ufc]

The UFC family is saddened by the passing of UFC Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar. We send our sincerest condolences to his family and friends.

[Nils S. Konstantinovs @lasitajs_nr1]

Novembris - antidepresantu akcijas mēnesis! Šeit vietējie psihiatri informē: depresija ir laimes hormonu trūkuma slimība, pietiek tikai ar vienu simptomu, vienīgā ārstēšana ar antidepresantiem, kas ir ļoti efektīvi un nemaz neraisa nekādu pieradumu.
https://t.co/2wXZCr7OLE

[CCTV_IDIOTS @cctv_idiots]

Happy Halloween 🎃 �

[Dan White @atdanwhite]

Damn. Got catfished again.

[Cehs.lv @cehslv]

Esam par pilnīgu atklātību, tādēļ, lai novērstu iespējamās spekulācijas par to, kurš mums maksā, publicējam K.Āla pēdējās nedēļas konta izdruku.

[Guitar World @GuitarWorld]

Heavy metal lowers blood pressure and reduces anxiety, according to a new study https://t.co/V4DEoiJm2n

[Homo saPIENS @cactus_is_love]

labākie iepazīšanās sludinājumi apšaubāmas kvalitātes mājaslapā [thread]

[jamie @gnuman1979]

Okay, who did this?

[Ilze Viņķele @Vinkele]

Masku salīdzināšana ar uzpurni ir necieņa pret mediķiem un citām profesijām, kas ikdienā tās lieto. Arī pret veselām nācijām, kurās masku valkāšana ir norma. Masku valkāšanai pandēmijā nekādā ziņā nav ne mazākā sakara ar pašcieņu. Ar atbildību un rūpēm par apkārtējiem gan.

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

Homeopathy effective for 0 out of 68 illnesses, study finds. https://t.co/56pjwiKjHt

[Joe Rogan @joerogan]

If you wanna know how fucked we are and how bizarre filters are and how distorted young women’s expectations of beauty are, I present you this picture.
This IS ME.
My 10 year old daughter is laughing hysterically… https://t.co/YU3OReKNpY