ArchivingLeftists (@ArchivingLeftists)

"The #Europeans have gone insane At a summit in the #UK, a #French NGO executive discusses the use of *military force* to compel American tech platforms to follow #censorship directives. Moderator: "What do you mean by kinetic methods?" Speaker: "Using the military. Yeah."" #EU #UK #corrupt #corruption #fascism #propaganda https://archive.is/6Tw8j "Some other gems from the speaker, Robin #Berjon of the #IPFSFoundation. "You would have to apply regulation very forcefully, potentially up to and including kinetic methods in order to apply it." "I'm not advocating that we should go and start shooting #Google just yet." Yet!" #IPFS https://archive.is/BKaA8 "This deranged rhetoric is the result of the worldwide NGO blob losing control over #BigTech's content moderation departments circa 2022-24. Now that they've lost control, the "American tech stack" has become a "geopolitical weapon" that they need "independence" from." https://archive.is/pYao9 "If tech platforms are geopolitical weapons, one wonders who the weapons were pointed at when these people were in charge of the trust & safety teams? You don't have to wonder, of course - they were pointed at you." https://archive.is/ecada "Berjon's remarks weren't a fringe outburst. It's the new mood among "disinformation" professionals after #Trump's return and #SiliconValley's retreat from #censorship partnerships. The buzzword is "digital sovereignty." The goal is a #GreatFirewallofEurope." https://archive.is/q0PpQ "#Copenhagen prof Rasmus #Nielsen calls it the "Airbus for the Internet" — state-subsidized #European platforms to replace the "irritating Yankees." His model is the #BBC. Recommendation algorithms run by public broadcasters. Information flow back in the hands of legacy gatekeepers." https://archive.is/3sO1S "Berjon's "peaceful" alternative to kinetic force is #EuroSky, an #EU-backed #Bluesky clone he's involved with. He spent his panel time urging attendees to sign up. The endgame either way: cut Europe off from American platforms." https://archive.is/t8OrV "The irony: many of these academics are afilliated with institutions (like #Harvard's #ShorensteinCenter) that were funded by #Google and #Facebook during the #censorship industry's heyday. Now they want #Europe to seize, destroy, or replace them." #Shorenstein https://archive.is/HZ8Fi https://archive.is/UONRY https://archive.is/kr8hk