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

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

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 14 points 5 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 5 months ago

Yes, just without the Nazis.

[-] Mihies@programming.dev 0 points 5 months ago

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 5 months ago

And?

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

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

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