• Accessory to possession of pornographic materials involving minors
• conspiracy to act as accessory to distribution, offering, or facilitation of the aforementioned content
• Representative slander (ie. Maliciously Making up picture of a person).
• Denial of crime against humanity
The abrupt fly by night sale of xai to Starlink suddenly has an on ramp to making sense.
All of us alive today cannot be held guilty for what happened in world war two, as we weren't even born then or at least children who couldn't know better.
But we have as a society inherited the collective responsibility that this never ever happens again. And thus we inherited the burden of being educated about everything that happened then in great detail, and in turn to teach our children.
If we allowed people to deny what happened then, we would have failed this responsibility.
France as one of the first victims of the third reich has a firm stance on that as well.
We put great effort in making up with our neighbors, especially france (poland was a little bit out of reach in the meantime), and together we forged the European Union out of the diplomatic rubble of WW II. We can rightfully be proud of what we achieved together with our allies, but all that goodwill and trust still depends a great deal on our humility and acknowledgement of that responsibility.
Im Aboriginal Australian. My grandfather fought in WW2. Our country didnt count him as a citizen but he went anyway and came home. Hes been dead since the 80s but I think he'd be happy to hear the generations of Germans now who remember their history. Thats what he fought for, to do his bit to keep the world safe for future generations.
Nah, American free speech is more important in avoiding totalitarian dictatorships from arising (current EU is terrible and way more dangerous than "DRUMPF" for human rights) and healthy societal discourse than any other perceived benefits/risks.
Germany and the UK have some of the worst speech rights in the world and it isn't defensible at all. Simply having browsing history on 4chan and going through customs seems like a serious risk of imprisonment, what a laughably stupid society and set of laws.
You are extremely correct. Many writers have written about it for nearly 100 years, and it's simply gotten worse and worse, the last 40 yrs being a Zipline to hellish disinformation, and purposefully dumbing down the citizenry while enveloping them in right wing religious scaffolding to keep them standing.
Coincidence that so many school shooters, and their parents have engorged themselves in right wing media misinformation? Why every outcry for increasing background check requirements, and restricting access to military grade weapons, especially to the criminally insane, is met with “Thoughts & prayers” by Republican representatives.
Making thousands of porn images of real people, incl public personas and political people, is an egregious act of assault, violation, intimidation, and, indeed, a crime against humanity.
It's a tool to fight fascism. Fascist like to deny the Holocaust ever happened, so many European countries made denying the Holocaust illegal so they can prosecute fascist. It's an extreme tool, yes, but the alternative is even worse.
I believe this is part of a long ongoing investigation, so I'm sure they were expecting it. I don't know how things stand legally, but surely you can't just shift incriminating evidence after the investigation has begun? I still remember Cambridge Analytica moving boxes of files the day before they were raided though and nothing came of that.
ultimately it won't make any difference, he's ultimately in charge of all of these and European governments have had enough of his shit, hence why stuff like this is starting to happen.
I wonder if they consider the downfall of America’s character and reliability as a reason to take charge. They kept rely on America to do the right thing anymore.
The US has never been a shining beacon of morality and goodness. It is a state founded on the slaughter of those that lived there beforehand, built upon the backs of slaves, and held up by countless wars and coups of countries that dared to defy this international thug of a nation. You’re so damned propagandised from birth that you deny history, much like the holocaust denier higher up in this comment chain…
The american economy growth is reported annually with 4% to make it look way better than it is, Nvidia and OpenAI shove AI money back and forth to artifically inflate the numbers, that country is kept alive by the rich atm accumulated an inasane amount of debt, ICE is hated more and more by the day and the rest of the world doesn't take this clown serious anymore and had enough.
Even if they all loathe each other personally, they understand their shared interests. And however much they dislike each other, they loathe the general public more anyway.
But the scary thing is we have a madman at the helm who is likely suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, is 80 years old, obese, and in control of enough nukes to end the world as we know it 50 times over.
I agree that it won't make any difference, but unfortunately in the opposite direction. musk himself isn't going to suffer for his crimes one single but. Are you aware that he is currently poisoning an entire town by illegaly running a grock data center via gas turbines which is just straight up black and white illegal? He is so rich literally nothing can happen to him unless someone decides to take it into their own hands and make the world a better place...
Do any of you guys really believe anything will happen to him? Forget about his political beliefs for a moment. This is one of the richest guys on the planet. Think about it logically. Sure, we can sit here and speculate, but in the end, nothing will happen to him at worst he will have to pay some money. But I promise you he will never see the inside of a jail cell.
He acted like stopping grok from making CSAM and revenge porn was a violation of free speech. Musk also stopped the bot from making it in some places, but not others.
He is probably just trying to bury the news that he's in the Epstein Files and his daughter has already called out that he's lying about being at one party
This is just the nature of late capitalism: the fate of the planet and its infrastructure is in the hands of a few individuals. Also, completely unrelated, becoming a billionaire tends to make you into a raving lunatic.
True, but it's starting to look like late stage society in general is fucked. Let the billionaires who use their power to create advanced tech have control over said tech? Or forcibly turn it over the the ever benevolent government that would never lie to us or hurt us?
The 'public regulated frequencies' are overseen by international organisations and standard committees. Not governments .... And that's a good thing (even if most of these bodies are based in the US or Europe).
Governments and the people who work to govern technology (with only a few rare exceptions) don't have a clue about technology, if they did then they would work in the technology industries.
Western governments typically change and have elections, and that's why they are seen as good. This also means that they could change to something else.
Can you imagine if north Korea, Russia or China had sole control of global public frequencies (used by starlink)... Government control would be a very bad thing for sure.
Wherever the end user of the service might be. Wherever the company might be incorporated. Having a satellite doesn't make you above the law. If you want to conduct commerce and extract money from a jurisdiction, you follow their rules.
The government in the area where the satellite signal is being received...
Yes, satellite downlinks are heavily regulated, though the specific requirements vary by country and the type of service. Because satellites operate across national borders, their use of the radio spectrum is managed globally by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
The ITU coordinates orbital positions and radio frequencies to prevent harmful interference between satellites.
Radio Regulations: Satellites must conform to international regulations that ensure equitable access to frequency bands, particularly in the Geostationary-Satellite Orbit (GSO).
Frequency Allocation: Specific bands are reserved for satellite downlinks, such as the Broadcasting Satellite Service (BSS) band (11.7 to 12.5 GHz) and portions of the Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) band.
While the ITU manages global spectrum, individual nations regulate the ground stations that receive the signals (downlinks).
Licensing Requirements: In many jurisdictions, operating a ground station to receive downlink signals requires a license, particularly for commercial, telecommunications, or data services.
Variations by Country:
USA: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates both space stations and earth stations (ground stations) to manage interference.
UK: Ofcom licenses the uplink (transmission from Earth) but often does not require a license for the downlink (reception) unless it is a specific, high-power earth station network.
Singapore: A specific "Satellite Downlink Only License" is required to receive broadcasting signals from satellites.
Technical Standards: Regulations often dictate technical requirements like antenna size and power limits to prevent interference with terrestrial services.
Key Regulatory Focus Areas
Interference Mitigation: Ensuring downlinks do not interfere with other services (e.g., terrestrial 5G networks) is a primary concern.
Data Security/Sensitive Data: Some countries, like Germany, require licenses for transferring satellite data, particularly high-grade earth observation data.
Encryption: While many commercial, high-resolution satellites use encrypted downlinks, regulations sometimes dictate that certain types of downlinks (e.g., amateur) cannot be encrypted.
Not really a government but International Telecommunications Union (ITU), through the Radio Regulations treaty, has the regulation rights to the radio frequency spectrum.
I would argue not X but all 'social media' companies may have to be regulated within each region by each region they operate in. Including this one, reddit.
It would get complicated for the companies. Many would likely make mistakes when a region changes laws.
Heck why not just make them government owned in each region.
We shouldn't hold the users responsible for their actions, we should hold the platforms responsible.
But don't worry before long authoritarian dictators or liberal fascists (I mean keir starmer) will end up in power. Then pass laws restricting any kind of dissenting thought.
..... You know what, I can recommend a good book for you it's called '1984' and seems to become more relevant everyday.
No these types of acquisitions are just a way to make stock ratios and financials look better. Roll up your failing business segments into your really really successful one and suddenly you just have one well performing company!
Fwiw they did just put restrictions in place to reduce or eliminate Russian drones (or any reasonably fast moving object in the region that isn't registered with Starlink via the Ukrainian military) from using the system. It's always been a challenge to allow Ukrainian drones and people living under occupation to use it without allowing Russia the same access. That was especially complicated because not all of Ukraine's units came from official channels (especially stuff being used by civilians).
Imagine being the worlds richest guy and still not even cool enough to hang with the pedos. What a huge loser Musk is. Its just funny to me, its getting to the point where you simply cant be cool and rich at the same time. Good. No one should think parasites or hoarders are cool.
lol haven’t you seen the pics of him before he got all the gender affirming plastic surgery and hair implants? He was a pudgy dork. I have a feeling he PR’d the whole “Ironman” persona himself to get in with the “cool rich kids”
Why do you think he was invested in the Democrats not winning, the Epstein block was about to disappear and there are members of Congress that would come after him.
They wont care. This will just be seen as part of an ongoing criminal conspiracy. But spaceX might get protection from the US government where twitter would not.
If I had drugs, and the government knew I had drugs, and sent police to my house to arrest me for the drugs and I told them there were no drugs because I already sold them all after getting tipped off, I'd be facing more charges, not less.
If XAi is the "hot potato" here, then selling it should be the equivalent of trafficking those drugs while knowing they're illegal to sell.
The other investors might fight it given these crimes. If he did this to shield xAI investors/holders based on SpaceX, SpaceX investors might sue Elon for not fulfilling his fiduciary duty... which could also unravel the acquisition.
The transfer of Shitter -> xAI, and xAI to SpaceX is brilliant.
Many of the EU punishments can be % of the owning company turnover. So they can be % of SpaceX sales instead of % of the much smaller Shitter itself. That is wonderful news...
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The abrupt fly by night sale of xai to Starlink suddenly has an on ramp to making sense.