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Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

I’m not familiar with the Italian politicians and their rank in government but it seems normal that a government could collaborate with a platform like X to deanonamize users.

X can track its users. Why anyone thinks they have “privacy” on an app like that is beyond me. The threat to democracy is real but it comes from Xs power to boost/censor to control the narrative which the writer does touch on.

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Vanth@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Yeah, but as government officials. Not as shareholders. Like through a warrant or whatever official process Italy uses.

Can I buy a few shares and get the same access? That would be insane.

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informapirata@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Aside from the fact that it’s not true: politicians as such should not be put in a position to deanonymize anything, except through the intervention of the judiciary. Furthermore, this is not the case either: Andrea Stoppa is Elon Musk’s Italian lobbyist and has already distinguished himself a couple of times for having threatened Italian politics if it does not enter into agreements with Starlink

Stroppa claims that he can read direct messages as a shareholder. If this is true, it is not only true for Italy but for the entire world

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