Young people in the UK are tired of being made to pay for a society that gives back almost nothing, and they're choosing to leave entirely. Well done everyone.
Despite overwhelming evidence of Israeli war crimes, the UK government continues to export weapons to Israel.
End this complicity. Immediately suspend all arms sales.
@trussliz@elonmusk@X You’re mixing up free speech with breaking the law by inciting violence. Free speech is more along the lines of me saying ‘you are a brainless dimwit who shouldn’t have been put in charge of a chip shop, never mind a fucking country’.
@yashar With Trump’s power of persuasion, it’s crazy that Putin still decided to go ahead with the invasion. Who’d have thought “don’t do it” and “way” wouldn’t be a deterrent
@tomalliso @RachelA1892 Some seem to have forgotten that freedom of expression in the UK comes with responsibilities, coded in law to prevent such things as hate speech. These are not new laws and, as many are finding out, they apply online in the same way they do in the street.
@tomalliso @RachelA1892 Well, diversifying revenue streams became essential after Musk scared away advertisers and income started to plummet but that’s a different conversation.
When you say “bad speech”, surely that doesn’t extend to racism, transphobia, inciting violence, etc.
@BRICSinfo 75k likes for a post with no supporting evidence or quotes provided. Another post full of lies with a provocative headline to garner engagement. How far X has fallen from Twitter as a once reliable source of information
Since 1 Jan 2024, Elon Musk has made at least 50 serious false claims on this platform, and these were read more than 1 billion times. @FT
He is the most serious threat to democracy out there.
https://t.co/Vqv8KImDlG
We have freedom of speech in the UK; it's written into our law in the 1998 Human Rigts Act. But rights come with responsibilities (I appreciate that's a concept you're not familiar with); there's a requirement not to incite criminality or spread hatred online. We find society works better that way.
@Telegraph A man who oversaw a culture of partying in the heart of government while loved ones died alone during lockdown is in no position to lecture anyone on being out of touch with the concerns of the public.