Celia @celia@qoto.org

Twitter's For You page right now really is just Elon Musk and his replies to other accounts ... you could not write a funnier parody about a billionaire taking over a social. network

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@molly0xfff TBF, seems it's the criminal operations it was used for, rather than exchange size itself that was the deciding factor

"Ransomware groups that Bitzlato allegedly worked with include (1) the Russian-speaking DarkSide, which was responsible for the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack in 2021 that caused gas shortages in the southeastern US; (2) Phobos, whose ransomware has attacked hospitals; and (3) Conti, which has pledged its allegiance to Russia following its invasion of Ukraine."

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There's an interesting (but paywalled) editorial board opinion piece discussing social media platform problems at

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/19/elon-musk-twitter-destroyed-fix/

I reference it because, buried in after all the back-story is the following statement, which I like, and I think is also relevant in the context of this thread.

"What matters is that they’re set up to get it right, in aggregate, according to the public commitments they’ve made.

That starts with something as simple as platforms committing to transparency, "

This lines up nicely with the intent of the UFoI.

Seasonal airplane painting.

A small visitor in our garden.

A depressing #cartoon

Having #Elon run a communications plattform is like having 12.000 mice in a trenchcoat run a cheese shop.