Last year Danny Mekić wrote this article : https://dannymekic.com/202310/undermining-democracy-the-european-commissions-controversial-push-for-digital-surveillance which was published in a newspaper and then the author got shadow-banned on X. Today the same Dutch newspaper reported that Mekić won two court-cases about this.
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Dutch article about the verdict - paywall : https://www.volkskrant.nl/tech/x-mag-gebruikers-niet-meer-zomaar-shadowbannen-oordeelt-amsterdamse-rechter~befb7fd0/
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Archived copy : https://archive.ph/ckW2a
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tl;dr English translation :
X is not allowed to shadow-ban users easily the judge said. Only during the court-case X explained why the account of Meki was shadow-banned : He had shared an article about the CSAM law on X. “I still
do not understand why X this only said in the court hall, rather than telling me right away when I
asked about it” Mekić said.
- Mekić on Mastodon : https://mastodon.social/@DannyMekic
- The author’s username on X : DannyMekic
- Article from last year by WIRED : https://www.wired.com/story/csar-chat-scan-proposal-european-commission-ads/
So this piece of shit bans people for free speech he doesn’t like, but then has the balls to sue if you don’t advertise on the platform?!
Edit: Grammar check thinks it’s so much smarter than it is.