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X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as Twitter, is marking some links to news organization NPR's website as "unsafe" when users click through

X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as Twitter, is marking some links to news organization NPR’s website as “unsafe” when users click through to read the latest story about an altercation between a Trump campaign staffer and an Arlington National Cemetery employee. The warning being displayed is typically applied to malicious links, like those containing malware, and other types of misleading content or spam. However, in this case, the web page being blocked is an NPR news report, raising questions about whether or not Musk’s X is actively trying to stop the news story from spreading.

  • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    214·
    4 months ago

    Twitter operates in the EU, so if this were illegal in the EU then the EU would file a complaint. Maybe it’s not illegal in the EU.

    • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
      17·
      4 months ago

      First as other people said, it doesn’t work like that. Second there’s already a process in the EU Comission against X because of them knowingly spreading misinformation.

      • Omega@lemmy.world
        11·
        4 months ago

        “If this were illegal” is already a bad assumption. In the U.S., SCOTUS already determined that the 14th Amendment is unenforceable.

        And any other time, there requires somebody to file charges.