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German court orders X to hand over election data in legal blow to Musk’s platform (www.politico.eu)

submitted 6 months ago by OppaGundamStyle@discuss.tchncs.de to c/world@quokk.au

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BERLIN — A German court handed Elon Musk’s X a legal defeat, ruling that the platform must immediately provide researchers with access to data on politically related content ahead of the country’s Feb 23 election.

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[–] Mihies@programming.dev 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If an obviously Nazi social network has such an influence on elections, is democracy still a good system?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

If an obviously Nazi social network has such an influence on elections, is democracy still a good system?

No, democracy is a terrible system. It's just that all the alternatives are worse.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, just without the Nazis.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If there were no Nazis, there there are still Russians, Chinese, North Koreans, Iranians or whatever the current enemy is.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And?

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Apparently we should abandon democracy because criminals exist! The logic is flawless \s