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The Moral Case for No Longer Engaging With Elon Musk’s X (www.bloomberg.com)
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The Moral Case for No Longer Engaging With Elon Musk’s X::The former Twitter is incentivizing violent content, which will only become worse to stand out to users.

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[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Moral panics are over things that don't have negative real world consequences.

We've repeatedly seen what happens when disinformation and violent, extremist speech is given a place to flourish on social media. The crazies get even more radicalized, organized, and emboldened. They start taking actual action.

Qanon, the proud boys, unite the right, patriot front, January 6th -- where do you think those ideas gestated and grew to critical mass?