Faine Greenwood: Elon Musk does not seem to grasp that he can’t dispense with the polite fiction that porn isn’t *explicitly permitted* on X/Twitter (even though it obviously is) if he wants his service to stay legal in many places.

Elon Musk does not seem to grasp that he can’t dispense with the polite fiction that porn isn’t *explicitly permitted* on X/Twitter (even though it obviously is) if he wants his service to stay legal in many places.

Elon Musk’s casual statement that porn is officially allowed on X/Twitter has made several country’s governments - including Indonesia - consider banning it entirely. (Which is why we have so many new Indonesian users here).

Porn allowed on X: Authorities in Southeast Asia react strongly to new rule, stress it violates local lawswww.channelnewsasia.com Observers told CNA that pornographic content has been available on social media site X “for a long time” and that the uproar was merely in response to the firm’s recent policy move to officially allow...

The only good thing to come out of Musk’s Twitter purchase has been watching the dumbest guy on the planet constantly step on his dick in front of everyone

It kinda sucks watching it not really matter though.

They lost 25% of active users and the majority of their reputable advertisers, so I wouldn't say it doesn't matter Twitter is dying slowly rather than quickly but it's still dying

It’s not dying, it’s changing and a lot of people who absolutely should not change with it are going along for the ride

This gave me an image of Musk trying to step on his dick. It was really complicated

And the hilarious thing is I'm 99% sure he's doing this because he can't admit he's been defeated by the porn bots.

This

idk I'm pretty sure he's a business genius who has thought this through for several seconds at least

It still surprises me that IT managers, in an attempt to block porn traffic (libraries, schools) either don't know about or hope no one notices the amount of adult content on Twitter, Tumblr, and Reddit.

The first thing I thought when it was announced was "wait, it wasn't before???"

IKR!? There was SO much uncensored dong.

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