Posted on 08/13/2024 4:48:07 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Former President Donald J. Trump has returned to X (formerly Twitter) with a string of posts made just after noon on Monday. The 2024 Republican presidential nominee had largely been absent from the social platform since the then-sitting President’s account was suspended on January 8, 2021, by the company’s former ownership under Jack Dorsey.Since his suspension over three years ago, the former Republican President founded his own social media company, Truth Social, which went public earlier this year—earning Trump billions. Over the past two years, an exclusivity agreement with Truth Social had largely kept Trump from other social media platforms. However, it is believed that the deal has since expired.
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EU PANICS.
The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, is now threatening tech billionaire and X owner Elon Musk, demanding he censor his August 12 evening interview with former President Donald J. Trump. European Commissioner Thierry Breton posted a letter on X, demanding Musk adhere to the E.U.’s Digital Services Act (DSA), specifically about spreading any disinformation, hatred, or incitement to violence.
Thierry’s letter also mentions recent unrest, referring to the anti-mass migration protests and riots in the U.K. over the last two weeks. Musk has been vocal about his criticism of the U.K. government’s handling of the situation, specifically the accusations that British police engage in two-tier policing practices, with allegations they have allowed Muslim mobs to run riot while cracking down hard on white British protestors.
UK GOVT PANICS.
U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer also attempted to issue a warning to Musk last week. The technology mogul was told that it was dangerous to call out two-tier policing, which Starmer claimed put officers in danger.
Now, The National Pulse understands the British government will be tuned into the Trump-Musk interview, nervous of what both men might say about the nation’s crackdown on free speech and mass arrests of anti-mass migration activists......
The EU wants the old censorship back.
They don’t want people to realize that there could be a better way.
Yes. The DDOS attack on the interview is very telling. I have no doubt the DDOS attack was carried out by elements of the US Government Intelligence Community.
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Hey! Hey! Hey! We can’t be having open discussions and the free exchange of ideas! That’s dangerous!
If I was a citizen over there I’d be p**ed at this, and would probably react in an unapproved manner.
spreading any disinformation, hatred, or incitement to violence.
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Censorship pure and simple. This is no difference from what any dictatorship would do.
The problem with this type of law is that the government gets to define what each word means (and that meaning can be stretched to cover any speech the government dislikes.)
“U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer also attempted to issue a warning to Musk last week. The technology mogul was told that it was dangerous to call out two-tier policing, which Starmer claimed put officers in danger.”
“We don’t believe in Justice and we don’t want you to talk about our Tyranny” is what I hear with this. People in the UK should be very proud of this, because it returns them right back to before the Magna Carta.
I listened to the interview, doing brief skips because I was looking for the subjects covered, and I’m at work and don’t have two hours to spend on it. It was excellent! Issues, issues, issues. Elon did well. Of course he’s not a trained, smooth presenter, but he did well.
It’s an interview that the Democrats wouldn’t want people to hear.
Indeed I have asked many who talk of “disinformation” the question, who defines what disinformation is?
1984
Aaaaight.. Start with cleaning up all the "disinformation, hatred, or incitement to violence" coming from the left and their muzzy conspirators. Then, in a few years if the rest is "cleaned up", ask DJT if he'd consider the use of more benign euphemisms to describe the commie pukes. 😉😁
Remember the American flag waving protests in Hong Kong just before COVID was unleashed. Trump speaking out may put spines in people all across the globe.
In only 10 minutes. Watch and share.
Trump is fairly moderate in a lot of his views so this reaction to him says more about them then it does about Trump.
Don’t forget Brexit.
The UK’s voters are paying for attempting to Brexit.
We’re paying for voting for Trump and MAGA.
I don’t understand why the UK doesn’t just lock-out the world Internet, like China. If you want your people in a prison, go ahead and put them there, but don’t expect me to do it for you.
“The legacy media is so focused on rebranding cackling Kamala Harris and running interference
for goofball Tim Walz that they cannot even recognize the brilliance of this pivot to X by Trump
<><>Musk’s platform isn’t working overtime to ignore, misrepresent, or drown out Trump’s message.
<><>Much to their chagrin, Trump’s X interview has blown a hole through the media propaganda wall
<><>Trump reached past them to voters that they had no idea existed.”
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Here’s your new Queen Elizabeth Memorial Edition of the Koran, we’ll be needing your outdated copy.
Thomas Paine
Trump is not what I'd call a moderate. :-)
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